Warns (; ) is a village in the northern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It is located in the municipality of

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 ...

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 ...

. It had a population of around 720 in January 2017. Warns is best known for the

Battle of Warns The Battle of Warns (; ) was a battle of the Friso-Hollandic Wars between Count William II, Count of Hainaut, William IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 September 1345. The annual commemoration of the battle is important for m ...

. In 1345, count

William IV of Holland William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. He was also Count of Holland (as William IV) and Count of Zeeland. He succeeded his father, Count William I of Hainaut. While away fighting in Prussia, the F ...

tried to invade

. A battle took place at the Roode Klif (Red Cliff), a nine metre high clay ridge, on the former

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee''), historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. It extended about 100 km (60 miles) inla ...

(nowadays:

IJsselmeer The IJsselmeer (; , ), also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the Provinces of the Netherlands, provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland. It covers an area of with a ...

) where the invasion was stopped. Almost the entire army of Holland including count William were killed during the battle.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1245 as Warlesle, and probably means "settlement of the people of Wardilo (person)". Warns is a stretched out village which developed on the higher clay ridge of Gaasterland in the middle ages. It is located near the former

(nowadays:

). Warns has two village centres: Warnser Noordburen and Warnser Zuidburen. Warns used to be both an agricultural community as well as a fishing village and has a rather large harbour for its size, and several commander's house. On 26 September 1345, the

took place between Holland and Friesland. Count

had planned to attack

Stavoren Stavoren (; ; previously Staveren) is a city in the province of Friesland, Netherlands, on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Hindeloopen, in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. Stavoren had a population of 950 in ...

from the back, however its army was destroyed at the Roode Klif (Red Cliff). Since 1500, there is an annual remembrance of the battle at Warns on 26 September. The Sytzama Stins was an estate near Warns were a battle took place between the

Vetkopers and Schieringers The Vetkopers and Schieringers () were two opposing Frisian factional parties from the medieval period. They were responsible for a civil war that lasted for over a century (1350–1498) and which eventually led to the end of the so-called " Frisi ...

in the late 15th century. The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from the 12th century and received its current spire in 1729. The current church was constructed in 1682. The

Reformed Church Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Christian, Presbyterian, ...

was built in 1892. In 1999, it was put up for sale. A dozen villagers bought the former church and have transformed it into a multiple purpose cultural centre for the village. Warns was home to 252 people in 1840. Before 2011, the village was part of the

Nijefurd Nijefurd (, ) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland. History It was formed in 1984 from the old municipalities of Hindeloopen, Stavoren, and Workum, and part of Hemelumer Oldeferd. In 2011, it formed ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hemelumer Oldeferd municipality.

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File:Warns, het monument ter herdenking aan de slag bij Warns IMG 2286 2018-04-18 11.58.jpg, Memorial to the battle at Warns File:Warns, het dorps- en cultuurhuis De Spylder in straatzicht IMG 2290 2018-04-18 12.18.jpg, Village house (De Spylder) in the street File:Warns, de doopsgezinde kerk in straatzicht IMG 2302 2018-04-18 12.30.jpg, Reformed church in the street

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{{Authority control Súdwest-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland

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