Ruigahuizen ( fry, Rûgehuzen) 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 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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, south-west of
Balk
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. It had a population of around 120 in 2017.
One of Frieslands' wooden bell towers is at the cemetery. In a farmyard at the Rûchsterwei, there is an American
wind engine
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History
The village was first mentioned between 1243 and 1254 as Rughahusem. It either means settlement near rough/wild land or settlement of Roege (person).
A church was references as early as 1421, however it was demolished in the 18th century leaving only the bell tower. The tower was replaced in 1920. In 1840, Ruigahuizen was home to 32 people.
Before 2014, Ruigahuizen 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:Kerk Ruigahuizen.jpg, Drawing of the former church (1721)
File:Rûgehuzen, greidemûntsje, boujier 2019.jpg, American wind mill
File:20190627 Natuurterrein het Slauerhoff1 Ruigahuizen.jpg, Slauerhoff nature area
References
External links
De Fryske Marren
Populated places in Friesland
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