Sint Jacobiparochie ( West Frisian and

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: ''Sint-Jabik'') is a village in the municipality of

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, the Netherlands. It lies about 13 km north of

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and had approximately 1,365 inhabitants in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1570 as s. iacobus parochie, and means "parish of Saint Jacob". In 1504, a deal was struck between

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and four noblemen from

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to '' polder'' the

Middelzee The Middelzee (Dutch for "middle sea"; fry, Middelsee), also called Bordine, was the estuary mouth of the River Boorne (West Frisian: ''Boarn'') now in the Dutch province of Friesland. It ran from as far south as Sneek northward to the Wadden Se ...

. Each group of settlers had to select a patron saint. In 1505, the dike was constructed. Sint Jacobiparochie was founded in 1505, when Het Bildt was diked in by workers from South Holland, Zeeland and Friesland, among others. It was initially called Wijngaarden, as the place was founded largely by Dutch settlers from Wijngaarden in South Holland. Today, both

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and West Frisian are spoken in the town. The town was originally named Wijngaarden after their Wijngaarden home town), while "St. Jacobiparochie" was the name used for the local Roman Catholic parish. Eventually, the name for the parish came to be used as the name for the town as well. The Dutch Reformed church is a wide neoclassic church built in 1843 as the replacement of a 16th century church. In 1979, the abandoned church was sold and turned into a cultural centre. Sint Jacobiparochie was home to 2,416 people in 1840. There used to be a station on the

North Friesland Railway The Noord-Friesche Locaalspoorweg-Maatschappij (North Friesland Railway) was a railway serving the sparsely populated north of the Dutch province of Friesland. It was operated by the North Friesland Local Railway Company (Dutch: ''Noord-Friesche Lo ...

which opened in 1902 and closed to passengers in December 1940. Until 2018, the village was part of

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municipality.

Gallery

File:Nieuwe Bildtdijk- Rij huisjes. Zwarte Haan.JPG, Dike houses File:Markering pelgrimsroute door Henk Rusman Sint-Jacobiparochie.jpg, Pilgrims route marker File:Voormalige school. Oude Bildtdijk.JPG, Former school building File:Eetgelegenheid in Zwarte Haan.JPG, Restaurant

References

{{Authority control Waadhoeke Populated places in Friesland Populated places established in 1505