Oldetrijne ( fry, Aldetrine) 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 ) , 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 210 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1320 as Ostrinde, and means "old border line". Olde (old) has been added to distinguish from

Nijetrijne Nijetrijne ( fry, Nijetrine) is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands, with a population of around 113 as of 2017. There are three windmills in the village; De Reiger, De Rietvink, and a tjasker, th ...

. Oldetrijne is a road village which developed along the Schoterzijl to

Wolvega Wolvega ( nds, Wolvege), ( fry, Wolvegea) is the largest town in the municipality of Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland (Fryslan), in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 13,090 in 2021. Wolvega is the capital and largest town ...

road. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1870. In 1979, the church is also in use as the village house. Oldetrijne was home to 265 people in 1840.

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File:Fietsbrug - panoramio.jpg, Bicycle bridge File:Oldetrijne.jpg, Panorama of Oldetrijne

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Geography of Weststellingwerf Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub