Rijs ( fry, Riis) is a village within the municipality of

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 ...

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 ...

. Rijs is situated on the road between

Oudemirdum Oudemirdum ( fry, Aldemardum) is a small village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1330 citizens (2017).Hemelum Hemelum ( fry, Himmelum) is a village in Súdwest Fryslân municipality, in the province Friesland of the Netherlands. It had a population of around 610 in January 2017.branch A branch, sometimes called a ramus in botany, is a woody structural member connected to the central trunk (botany), trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs. The term '' ...

es. It is related to a

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of the Abbey of Staveren which was demolished in 1495 by

Ygo Gales Galama Ygo Gales Galama (c. 1443 – 25 January 1492) was a 15th-century Frisian warlord and Galama-patriarch. Family and marriage He was the son of Gale Yges Galama and Trijn Douwesdr Harinxma. The marriage of Gale and Trijn was an attempt to crea ...

, a Frisian warlord. Rijs was located on a sandy ridge. Huis Rijs was a ''

stins A stins (Dutch, pl. ''stinsen''; from West Frisian ''stienhûs'' utch ''steenhuis''"stone house", shortened to ''stins'', pl. ''stinzen'') is a former stronghold or villa in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Many stinsen carry the name ...

'' (manor house) built in the 17th century. As part of the estate, a large forest was planted. The building was demolished in 1937, and replaced by a modern house. The forest is owned by and is publicly accessible. In 1840, Rijs was home to 95 people. In 1916, the former

brickworks A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for cl ...

of Rijs was used as a refugee camp for several hundred Belgian refugees. Before 2014, Rijs 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.

Gallery

File:Rijs, toegangspoort slottuin Rijs IMG 2566a 2018-04-19 12.00.jpg, The garden entrance gate of Huis Rijs File:Rijs Steenkist 1999-07-17 c.jpg, Dolmen in the forest File:Rijsterbos 01.jpg, Rijsterbos File:Rijs - Vredestempel-8.JPG, Peace temple

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V-2 Rockets Launched From Rijs in WW2
{{Authority control De Fryske Marren Populated places in Friesland