Dronryp ( nl, Dronrijp) is a village in the Dutch municipality of

Waadhoeke Waadhoeke is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2018 and consists of the former municipalities of Franekeradeel, het Bildt, Menameradiel and parts of Littenseradiel, all four of which were dis ...

. On 1 January 2017, it had 3,281 inhabitants.

History and architecture

Before 2018, the village was part of the

Menameradiel Menameradiel (; nl, Menaldumadeel ) is a former municipality in Friesland, Netherlands. On 1 January 2018 it merged with the municipalities of Franekeradeel, het Bildt and parts of Littenseradiel to form the new municipality Waadhoeke. Populatio ...

municipality. A few centuries BC, a settlement developed around where the street Tsjerkebuorren is now (Stenvert et al., 2000). Another settlement came into existence nearby when a canal between

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

and Harlingen was completed in 1507. (Part of it was filled up in 1940.) Between roughly 1850 and 1950, these two gradually merged. The oldest known reference to the village dates from 1132, when it was called Denningrip, meaning a "rip" (narrow stretch of land) where a family called Drenninga lived.Groenedijk, T. (2000). ''Nederlandse plaatsnamen''. Slingenberg Boekproducties, Hoogeveen, 2000. . (Presumably, Groenedijk means "D''r''enningrip" here.) Of the old mansions in the area only the early 18th century Schatzenburg remains.

Miscellaneous information

The

van Harinxmakanaal The van Harinxmakanaal is a major canal in western Frisland. It runs from the sea at Harlingen eastwards to Leeuwarden. Major places along the canal include Franeker, Dronrijp and Deinum Deinum is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in Friesla ...

, completed in 1953, runs along the south side of the town. The A31 runs along the north side. Dronryp also has a railway station. Painter

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (; born Lourens Alma Tadema ; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, ...

was born in the house at Dûbelestreek 2,

Eise Eisinga Eise Jeltes Eisinga (21 February 1744 – 27 August 1828) was a Frisian amateur astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning planetarium in the w ...

, famous for his planetarium, at Tsjerkebuorren 13.

Transportation

Dronryp railway station Dronryp is a railway station located in Dronryp, Netherlands. The station was opened on 27 October 1863 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Harlingen and Leeuwarden. The train services are operated by Arriva Arriva ...

Windmills

There are three windmills in Dronryp; '' De Poelen'', '' Kingmatille'', and the '' Hatsumermolen''.

Gallery

File:Overzicht zuidgevel met kerktoren en verhoogd kerkhof - Dronrijp - 20337682 - RCE.jpg, Church of Dronryp File:Op Hatsum1.jpg, Restaurant "Op Hatsum" File:Dronrijp.Brêgebuorren.4.jpg, House in Dronryp File:Haven 16 Dronrijp.JPG, Houses in Dronryp

References

* Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), ''Monumenten in Nederland: Fryslân'', Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, the Netherlands. .

External links

* {{Authority control Waadhoeke Populated places in Friesland