Wolsum 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 ...
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. It had a population of around 160 in January 2017.
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History
Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel
Wymbritseradeel (; official fry, Wymbritseradiel ()) was a rural municipality ( nl, gemeenten) in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality ( nl, grietenij) of the same name existed from 1500 until 198 ...
municipality.
The village originated in the Middle Ages in the northwest corner of the pits southeast of Bolsward. The village was unlocked with two ferries to the Wimerts. The earliest portrayal of the village on the acreage map in the Schotanus atlas of 1664 shows a compact village building around the church and here and there are farms that are sometimes concentrated in a hamlet.
The 'Present State of Friesland' wrote in 1788: Wolsum, not far from Bolswerd, and close to the voyage, which runs from the Nieuwe Zyl, so that one can freely disembark and arrive here by ship. Among this Village are the neighborhoods Laard, Jouwsard, Remsard, Five House and Ytzum.
The neighborhoods still exist and at the bridge over the canal, the neighborhood Wolsum Chain also emerged. On the map in the Eekhoffatlas from 1851 there are three houses, of which the map of 1716 only mentions the Wolsumer Chain House. In Fiifhûs there are already three houses in 1851 more than the name indicates. The other neighborhoods consist of farms. In the middle of the 19th century there are eleven houses in the neighboring village and behind the church the compact church buildings are still visible.
Church
The church was built around 1870 to replace a medieval predecessor not dedicated to St. Martin. It is a hall church with a three-sided closure in a typical mixed style. The masonry is organized by licenses and there are large arched windows. The corners of the façade and those of the largely built-in tower have decorative pinacle crowns. The facade is covered by a circular frieze. The church has a 17th century pulpit. The elevated, yet sharply towered tower has a wooden superstructure with double reed holes on each side. In the tower hangs a song bell from the 15th century.
Community
Village house the Wilsum House was renovated in 1986 by the residents. The children go to the schools near the village.
Population
1954 – 283
1959 – 237
1964 – 221
1969 – 173
1973 – 150
2006 – 145
2009 – 138
2011 – 134
A famous Wolsumer is Wout Zijlstra
References
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Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland