Nijland () is a village in

Súdwest-Fryslân Southwest Friesland ( ) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 89,999 in January 2021. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Southwest-Friesland is ...

municipality in the province of

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

, the

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. It had a population of around 1,000 in January 2017. The coat of arms depicts a pair of oxen linked by a chain, because according to legend a pair of oxen determined the location of the church, and so the village.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1230 as "de Nova Terra", and means "new land" which is a reference to the ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...

ing'' of the southern part of the

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

which had silted probably before 1100. The village was sometimes referred to as Dodakerke which means "church founded by Dodo" which is probably the abbot who also founded . Nijland has a concentric structure with the farms placed around the church in a circle. During the 17th and 18th century, a linear extension was added to the south of the village. The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from the late-13th century and was enlarged in the 17th century. The church dates from the 16th century and has been constructed using material of its 13th-century predecessor. The

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, accesse ...

dates from 1659 and contains the mark S.P.Q.N. (Senatus Populus Que Novae Terrae). Nijland was home to 464 people in 1840. During the 19th century, Nijland started to develop along the

Sneek Sneek (; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdw ...

Bolsward Bolsward (, West Frisian: ''Boalsert'') is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward has a population of just under 10,200. It is located 10 km W.N.W. of Sneek. History The town is founded on th ...

road. Before 2011, the village was part of the

Wymbritseradiel Wymbritseradeel (; official ) was a rural municipality () in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality () of the same name existed from 1500 until 1984. History Wymbritseradeel was formed from the d ...

municipality.

Gallery

File:Nijland Nicolaaskerk.jpg, St Nicholas Church File:Nijland kerk brug.jpg, Bridge and church File:Jacobus Stellingwerff - Gezicht op Hottinga-Stins te Nijland, 1722.jpg, Drawing of Hottinga Stins (1722) File:Nr.43, vooraanzicht - Nijland - 20166834 - RCE.jpg, House in Nijland (1969)

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{{Authority control Súdwest-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland