Herbaijum ( fry, Hjerbeam) is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province

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of the

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and had around 253 citizens in January 2014. Until 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Herbadingum, and means "settlement of the people of Herbad (person)". Herbaijum is a small ''

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'' (artificial living hill) village. 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 ...

'' Sikkema State was built in the 15th century or earlier. One of the inhabitants was Sicco van Goslinga, '' grietman'' (mayor/judge) of Frankeradeel and curator of the

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. In the late-18th century, the estate was torn down and replaced by a farm, and only the gate remains. Herbaijum was home to 215 people in 1840.

Church

The church was built in the

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; general estimates point to establishment around the second half of the 13th century. It was dedicated to Nicolaos van Myra. A near complete restoration of the church, except for the north wall, was undertaken in 1872 under the guidance of architect P.J. Jaarsma. The north wall consists largely of yellow, mediaeval bricks—called ''kloostermoppen''—which were locally repaired. Any missing ones were replaced by similar small, yellow bricks made locally in Frisia. The tower on the west side was probably built in the 1920s, and has a constricted,

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and is roofed with

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tiles. According to a gable stone, the church was again restored in 1985.

Demographics

Population

* 1954 - 278 * 1959 - 273 * 1964 - 255 * 1969 - 290 * 1973 - 241 * 2003 - 294

Notable people

* Sicco van Goslinga, (1664–1730) statesman * Jopie Huisman (1922–2000), autodidactic painter and rag-and-bone man. Huisman ran a

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company in Herbaijum and is buried in the village.

Gallery

File:Achterkant Boerderijtje. Herbaijum.JPG, Farm in Herbaijum File:Herbaijum, Sickema state poortgebouw RM15855 (2).jpg, Gate building of Sickema State File:Graf Kunstschilder Jopie Huisman Herbaijum.JPG, Grave of Jopie Huisman

References

External links

* {{Authority control Waadhoeke Populated places in Friesland