Sumar () 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 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 lies south of

Burgum Burgum is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the Dutch province of Friesland. It had a population of 10,058 inhabitants in January 2017. On 1 January 1989 the official name of the village was chang ...

, on the , and had a population of approximately 1,382 in January 2017. There is a

windmill A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern period ...

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 () 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 4000 BC there wer ...

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

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and

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architecture. The north of the village near the

Prinses Margriet Canal The Prinses Margriet Canal () is a canal in Friesland, Netherlands. It is now part of the Lemmer–Delfzijl Waterway, that forms an inland connection between Rotterdam and northern Germany. The canal was constructed in the interests of Groningen ...

started to industrialize. The school teacher Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries developed the

Bintje Bintje is a middle-early ripening potato variety bred in the Netherlands by the Frisian schoolmaster K.L. de Vries in 1904 from (Munstersen x Fransen) and marketed for the first time in 1910. The name of the potato, a diminutive of Benedict, was ...

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

{{Authority control Populated places in Friesland Tytsjerksteradiel