Friens is a village in the municipality

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 ...

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 80 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Frenigge, and means "settlement of the people of Frana (person / representative of the Count)". The Utisma family had possessions in Friens in 1410. Before 1543, the ''

stins A stins (Dutch, pl. ''stinsen''; from West Frisian ''stienhûs'' utch ''steenhuis''"stone house", shortened to ''stins'', pl. ''stinzen'') is a former stronghold or villa in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Many stinsen carry the name ...

'' Beslinga State was built. In 1828, it is owned by Baron van Sytzama who replaced the ''stins'' with a larger manor house. Van Sytzama died in a traffic accident in 1843, and there were no buyers for the estate, therefore, it was demolished in 1849. There has been a church in Friens since the 13th century. The current Dutch Reformed Church 1795. It was altered in 1886, but restored to its original form in 1989. The tower dates from 1906. In 1840, Friens was home to 137 people. Before 2014, Friens was part of

Boarnsterhim Boarnsterhim (; nl, Boornsterhem ) was a municipality in the northern Netherlands. On 1 January 2014, the municipality was dissolved and its territory was split between four other municipalities: De Friese Meren, which was established that day, Le ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Idaarderadeel.

References

Leeuwarden Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub