Poppenwier ( nl, Poppingawier) 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 ...

municipality 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

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. It had a population of around 170 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1401 as Popengwere, and means "''terp'' of the people of Poppa (person)". Poppenwier 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 from the early middle ages. The small ''terp'' is densely build up with a rectangular structure and a circle around the church. It was the furthest landinwards ''terp'' of Friesland. In the late middle ages, the monastery Engwerd was located near the village. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1860 as a replacement for its medieval predecessor. Poppenwier was home to 229 people in 1840. Until the mid-19th century, the village was only accessible by water. Before 2011, the village was part of the

Boarnsterhim Boarnsterhim (; nl, Boornsterhem ) was a municipality in the northern Netherlands. On 1 January 2014, the municipality was dissolved and its territory was split between four other municipalities: De Friese Meren, which was established that day, Le ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Rauwerdhem municipality.

Gallery

File:Nikolaastsjerke, Poppenwier.jpg, Church in Poppenwier File:64, voorgevel - Poppingawier - 20183004 - RCE.jpg, Houses in Poppenwier

References

Populated places in Friesland Súdwest-Fryslân {{Friesland-geo-stub