Ryptsjerk ( nl, Rijperkerk) is a village in
Tytsjerksteradiel municipality in the province of
Friesland
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. It had a population of around 767 in January 2017.
There is a restored
windmill
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, the
Ypey Mole.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1314 as Ripikerka, and means church belonging to Rijp (short for
Hurdegaryp). Ryptsjerk developed after the Zwarteweg from Leeuwarden to Vijversburg was built between 1528 and 1531. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1757.
Ryptsjerk was home to 331 people in 1840.
The polder mill
Ypey Mole was built in 1858 near Vijversburg. Between 1980 and 1981, it was moved and restored to its current location where it is draining excess water from the Koekoekspetten.
Gallery
File:Rijperkerk - huisje aan de Rijperkerkstervaart.jpg, House in Ryptsjerk
File:Rijperkerk - Leiker.jpg, Leiker statue who removed peat from the canal
File:Ryptsjerker feart, Ryptsjerk.jpg, Canal view
File:Ryptsjerk, Binnendyk.jpg, Winter view
References
Populated places in Friesland
Tytsjerksteradiel
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