It Wytfean

It Wytfean (Dutch: Witveen) is a hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.[2] It Wytfean has a Mennonite Church, and was a separate parish up to 1838 when it merged with Rottevalle.[3]

It Wytfean
Witveen
Hamlet
It Wytfean
Location in the Netherlands
It Wytfean
It Wytfean (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°10′6″N 6°6′5″E
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Municipality Tytsjerksteradiel
Postal code
9261[1]
Dialing code0511[1]

It Wytfean is not a statistical entity,[4] and the postal authorities have placed it under Eastermar.[1] It Wytfean has place name signs.[5]

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1543 as opt Witte feenen, and means "white moorland". It started as a peat colony in 1620 by Swiss Mennonite refugees.[6] It Wytfean was home to 240 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 35 houses.[5]

People

References
  1. "Postcode 9261 in Eastermar". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. "It Wytfean - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. "Rottevalle-Witveen". Doopgezind Rottevalle (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2022. not found
  5. "It Wytfean". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. "It Wytfean - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. Rijpkema, J. H. (May 17, 1936). "Gedenkschrift bij het 50-jarig bestaan van den Frieschen IJsbond 1886-1936, alsmede iets over hardrijders en hardrijdsters in vroeger en later jaren". Noord-Nederlandsche Boekhandel. p. 136 – via Koninklijke Bibliotheek.
  8. Rijpkema, J. H. (May 17, 1936). "Gedenkschrift bij het 50-jarig bestaan van den Frieschen IJsbond 1886-1936, alsmede iets over hardrijders en hardrijdsters in vroeger en later jaren". Noord-Nederlandsche Boekhandel. p. 137-138 – via Koninklijke Bibliotheek.
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