Tersoal ( nl, Terzool) 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 ...

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 355 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1335 as "in Zole", and means muddy stream. Tersoal is a ''

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 to the south of the former

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 S ...

. It used to be an isolated village which could only be accessed from the water. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1838 as a replacement of the medieval church. The tower dates from the 14th century. Tersoal was home to 235 people in 1840. In 1866, a road was built and Tersoal developed in a road village. Before 2011, the village was part of the

Boarnsterhim Boarnsterhim (; nl, Boornsterhem ) was a municipality in the northern Netherlands. On 1 January 2014, the municipality was dissolved and its territory was split between four other municipalities: De Friese Meren, which was established that day, Le ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Rauwerdhem municipality.

Gallery

File:Tersoal, It Westerein mei de eardere grifformearde tsjerke.jpg, Tersoal in winter

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