Idsegahuizum ( fry, Skuzum) 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
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. It had a population of around 220 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Ytzinghahusum, and means "settlement of the people of Idse (person)". Idsegahuizum is a ''
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 ...
'' (artificial living hill) village which is located near the former
Zuiderzee
The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee'') was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an o ...
(nowadays:
IJsselmeer). It is an agricultural community which specialises in potatoes and ''
gladioli
''Gladiolus'' (from Latin, the diminutive of ''gladius'', a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural ''g ...
''. The village could only be reached via the sea dike. Between 1876 and 1879, the Makkumermeer was ''
poldered'' and road was built to
Allingawier and the world beyond.
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1870 as a replacement of a medieval church.
In 1874, a nearly identical church was built in
Hieslum
Hieslum is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 90 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned between 825 and 842 as Hasalon, and means "settlement near ha ...
.
Idsegahuizum was home to 77 people in 1840.
Before 2011, the village was part of the
Wûnseradiel
Wûnseradiel () is a former municipality in the Friesland province of the northern Netherlands, at the eastern end of the ''Afsluitdijk''. The official (legal) name of the municipality is in the West Frisian language, though it is known as Wonsera ...
municipality.
Notable people
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Sjoerd Hofstra (1898–1983), sociologist and anthropologist
Gallery
File:De Dorpsweg in Idsegahuizem in Friesland.jpg, Street in Idsegahuizum
File:Dorpsgezicht van het dorp Idsegahuizum.jpg, Street in Idsegahuizum
File:Een mooi hoekje in Idsegahuizem in Friesland.jpg, Former farm
References
External links
Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland
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