Weidum is a village in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Stadsfries dialects, Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Fri ...

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 576 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Wedum, and means "settlement on the pasture". Weidum was 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 mound) village from the Middle Ages. Around 1900, most of the ''terp'' was excavated. The tower of Dutch Reformed church dates from the early-12th century and was later enlarged. The church itself was built in the 13th century. Dekemastate was a '' stins'' near Weidum which was first mentioned in 1199. In 1397, Sytse Dekema, the owner of the ''stins'' returned for Italy to discover that his estate had been destroyed by the Vetkopers. Dekema subsequently fought against the Vetkopers, and in 1399 against the Count of Holland. Dekemastate was rebuilt, but put up for sale in 1796 and subsequently demolished. A manor house was built in its place, however it was severely damaged in a storm in 1898, and in 1902 Dekemastate disappeared for good. In 1840, Weidum was home to 374 people. Before 2018, the village was part of the

Littenseradiel Littenseradiel () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, known in Dutch as Littenseradeel (). The municipality was formed on 1 January 1984 by a merger of the former municipalities Baarderadeel and Hennaarderadeel. On 1 January 2018 ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.

Notable people

* Nynke Laverman (born 1980), poet, songwriter * Hessel Rienks (1932–2014), politician

Gallery

File:Weidum.jpg, Street view Windmotor Weidum 27.JPG, Windmotor File:Kerk naar het noorden - Weidum - 20252819 - RCE.jpg, Chruch of Weidum

References

External links

Leeuwarden Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub