Easterwierrum ( nl, Oosterwierum) is a village in

Súdwest-Fryslân Southwest Friesland ( fy, Súdwest-Fryslân ) is a municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 84,092 in August 2017. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Sú ...

in the province of

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

, the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It had a population of around 332 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1319 as Aesterwerum, and means "settlement on the eastern ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides an ...

''. East has been added to distinguish between Lytsewierrum. Easterwierrum is a ''

'' (artificial living hill) village which developed in the early middle ages. There is a church tower from the 13th century on an isolated ''terp'' to the north of Eatserwierrum. Part of the ''terp'' has been excavated. The matching church was destroyed in 1905. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1895 and has a tower from 1911. The Catholic Saint Wiro Church was built between 1925 and 1926 in Gothic Revival style. The reason for the isolated church tower is that the village of Easterwierrum moved southwards to the canal during the 18th and 19th century to the a location which used to contain the '' stins'' Vogelzang. Easterwierrum was home to 328 people in 1840. Before 2018, the village was part of the

Littenseradiel Littenseradiel () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, known in Dutch as Littenseradeel (). The municipality was formed on 1 January 1984 by a merger of the former municipalities Baarderadeel and Hennaarderadeel. On 1 January 2018 ...

municipality.

Gallery

File:In Esterwierum.JPG, Street view File:20190515 Sint-Wirokerk1 Oosterwierum.jpg, Village view File:20190515 Sint-Wirokerk2 Oosterwierum.jpg , Saint Wiro Church File:20190515 Pluktuin3 nabij Oosterwierum.jpg, Gardens on the canal

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{{Authority control Súdwest-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland