Oudemirdum ( fry, Aldemardum) is a small village in
De Fryske Marren
De Fryske Marren ( nl, De Friese Meren) is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2014 and consists of the former municipalities of Gaasterlân-Sleat, Lemsterland, Skarsterlân and parts of Boarnsterh ...
municipality in the province
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 ...
of the
Netherlands
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and has around the 1330 citizens (2017).
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History
The name Oudemirdumis first mentioned in 1329, but the first settlements were before 850. Previously changed the name of ‘Meretha’, in ‘Merthen’, ‘Maerdum’, ‘Merthum’ and ‘Mirdum’ into ‘Oudemirdum’. Through the old village with a brink does Oudemirdum few Drents on. That old village, from the late Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
, consists De Brink, the church (a monument) en de Alde Buorren. In the 19th century The center was expanded with Jan Schotanuswei and the Tsjerkestrjitte, both with a few old farmhouses and houses on both sides of the road.
Before 2014, Oudemirdum was part of the Gaasterlân-Sleat
Gaasterlân-Sleat is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is in West Frisian, the Dutch name being Gaasterland-Sloten (). In 2014 it merged with the municipalities of Lemsterland and Skarsterlân to form the new mu ...
municipality and before 1984 it was part of Gaasterland.
Riniastate
The , a country house, lies to the east of Oudemirdum to the Star Numanwei. The house is built in 1843 designed by the Leeuwarder city Architect ''Thomas Romein'' In neo-classical style for ''Geertruida Wilhelmina Godarda Johanna Rinia van Nauta'' (widow Drieling). She was a daughter of F''ranciscus Rinia van Nauta'', attorney for the Court of Friesland, and ''Constantia Asuera fan Avenhorn''. Constatia inherited the cottage ''Avenhorn'' in the Skermer from her father. All thoughts would Geertruida life close to her sister ''Petronella Antonia'', who the "Lycklama-Bosch" inhabited, a spacious country house not far from Riniastate. her cousin ''Titia de Carpentier'' lived in the cottage ''Beuckenswyk'', nog een kwartier verder lopen aan dezelfde weg. It has beautiful interiors, the front of the house has a main floor with a second floor in the middle. The rear section consists of three floors. The front part has some rooms and a dining room, that after a few small things still original are. The surrounding park is laid out in landscape style Probably as old as it is and the house. Riniastate is now privately occupied.
The Marl Hill
To the ''Aldemardumer Klif'', and recreation terrain "De Hege Gerzen" is located in a piece of meadow a particular hill. On the hill are Hawthorn
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to:
Plants
* '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae
* ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...
and is popularly "De Mergelbult" called. This hill is left of marl extraction, who was at 1900. Marl is a mixture of clay and limestone and can be used as lime fertilizer dust on farmland. The special hill is the landfill mound digging out of the ± 1900.
Community
Population
* 1954 - 1013
* 1959 - 882
* 1964 - 862
* 1969 - 842
* 1974 - 928
* 2017 - 1330
References
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De Fryske Marren
Populated places in Friesland