Scharl is a small 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

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 ...

. It had a population of around 55 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1412 as Scarle. The etymology is unclear. The village is located near the Roode Klif (Red Cliff), a nine metre high clay ridge, on the former

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee'') was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an o ...

(nowadays:

IJsselmeer The IJsselmeer (; fy, Iselmar, nds-nl, Iesselmeer), also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed off inland bay in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland. It covers an area of with an a ...

) where the

Battle of Warns The Battle of Warns ( fy, Slach by Warns; nl, Slag bij Warns) was a battle of the Friso-Hollandic Wars between Count William IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 September 1345. The annual commemoration of the battle is importan ...

took place in 1345 and

William IV of Holland William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. He was also Count of Holland (as William IV) and Count of Zeeland. He succeeded his father, Count William I of Hainaut. While away fighting in Prussia, the Fr ...

was defeated by

. Almost the entire army of Holland including count William were killed during the battle. The church of the village has been demolished in 1732, and only a bell tower remains. The current bell tower dates from 1898. Scharl was home to 48 people in 1840. Before 2011, the village was part of the

Nijefurd Nijefurd () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland. History It was formed in 1984 from the old municipalities of Hindeloopen, Stavoren, and Workum, and part of Hemelumer Oldeferd. In 2011, it formed to ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hemelumer Oldeferd municipality.

References

Gallery

File:De Roode Klif.jpg, The Roode Klif File:Warns-Roode Klif (8).jpg, Monument celebrating the victory of Friesland over Holland

External links

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