Sumar ( nl, Suameer) is a village in the municipality of
Tytsjerksteradiel
Tytsjerksteradiel () is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It is named after the town of Tytsjerk, whose name is derived from a person named Tiete. Tiete was a daughter of Tryn, after whom the region (Trynwâlden) is n ...
, in the province of
Friesland, the
Netherlands. It lies south of
Burgum
Burgum is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Friesland. It had a population of 10,058 inhabitants in January 2017.
On 1 January 1989 the official name of the villa ...
, on the , and had a population of approximately 1,382 in January 2017.
There is a
windmill in the village,
De Hoop.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1453 as suwamer, and means "southern lake". Su (south) was added to distinguish between
Eastermar
Eastermar ( nl, Oostermeer) is a village in Tytsjerksteradiel municipality in the province Friesland (''Fryslân'' in West Frisian language, West Frisian) of the Netherlands. It had around 1,575 citizens in January 2017.
History
As early as 40 ...
and .
Sumar developed in the late middle ages as a collection of spread out farms around the church.
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1769 as a replacement of an earlier church.
Sumar was home to 457 people in 1840.
Around 1900, the heath in the area was cultivated.
The dairy factory De Harste was built 1908 and is a combination of
rational and
Jugendstil architecture.
The north of the village near the started to industrialize.
The school teacher Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries developed the
Bintje potato in 1898 which became one of the most popular potato varieties. The potato was named after the 17-year old Bintje Jansma, one of his students, in 1905.
Gallery
File:Heerenweg 44.jpg, House in Sumar
File:Huisje aan de Joute van der Meer weg.jpg, House on the heath
File:Voormalig melkfabriek en directeurs woning aan de Heerenweg in Sumar.jpg, Former dairy factory
File:20210702 molen de Hoop2 Sumar.jpg, Windmill De Hoop
References
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Populated places in Friesland
Tytsjerksteradiel