Schettens ( fry, Skettens) 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 ...
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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. It had a population of around 285 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned in 855 as Sceddanuurthi. The etymology is unclear.
Schettens is an old ''
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 near the former
Marneslenk. Most of the ''terp'' has been excavated from 1830 onwards, and a stone wall has been built to protect the church.
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1865 as a replacement for the medieval church. The tower was demolished in 1816 or 1819 and temporarily replaced by a wooden tower. In 1877, a stone tower was built.
Schettens was home to 95 people in 1840.
There was a school named C.B.S. De Trijetine but it got closed in 2018. Before 2011, the village was part of the
Wûnseradiel municipality.
Gallery
File:Protestanske tsjerke fan Skettens.jpg, Protestant church of Schettens
File:20190821 Wytmarsumerfeart Schettens.jpg, Canal view
File:20190821 landschap ten noorden van Schettens.jpg, Farm near Schettens
File:Huisje te Schettens.JPG, House in Schettens
References
External links
Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland
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