Nijeholtpade ( fry, Nijeholtpea) is a village in
Weststellingwerf
Weststellingwerf (; Stellingwarfs: or ) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of ...
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 485 in 2017.
The village was first mentioned in 1399 as Nyeholepat, and means "new low-lying path". Nije (new) has been added to distinguish from
Oldeholtpade
Oldeholtpade ( fry, Aldeholtpea) is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,020 in 2017.
The village was first mentioned in 1204 as "Holenpathe juxta Liennam1", and means "old lo ...
.
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1525, and has a bell tower. The church was a replacement of a wooden church.
Nijeholtpade was home to 150 people in 1840.
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Geography of Weststellingwerf
Populated places in Friesland
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