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Eastermar

Field	Value
name	Eastermar
native_name	Oostermeer
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Eastermar haven.JPG
image_caption	Eastermar marina
image_shield	Eastermar wapen.svg
image_map	Map NL Tytsjerksteradiel Eastermar.png
map_caption	Location of the village in Tytsjerksteradiel
pushpin_map	Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Netherlands
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Friesland Friesland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Tytsjerksteradiel Tytsjerksteradiel
unit_pref	Metric
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes
area_magnitude
population_as_of	1 January 2017
population_total	1575
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	9261
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	0512

tags -- Eastermar () is a village in Tytsjerksteradiel municipality in the province Friesland (Fryslân in West Frisian) of the Netherlands. It had around 1,575 citizens in January 2017.

History

Eastermar on a map from the [[Atlas Novus]], ± 1630, using the historical Dutch name of ''Oostermeer'' (with a [[long s]]). The [[Burgumer Mar]] is shown as ''Bergmeer''

As early as 4000 BC there were nomads in this area. An important archaeological discovery was made at Burgumer Mar, a lake to the northwest of Eastermar. This discovery is known as the Leien-Warten Kompleks. Also found around Eastermar were mammoth teeth and gold rings, now in the Regional Museum in Burgum.

The first farmers settled on the higher grounds east of the Burgumer Mar. Around 1200, the first stone church was built here, which was later known as the Protestant church of Eastermar. The community is believed to be several centuries older than the church. As shown on a 1605 map, originally the name Eastermar referred to this community, now It Heechsân, a hamlet to the east of today's Eastermar. In the Middle Ages there were already several farms around the church and to the north and south of It Heechsân.

This 1605 map shows the ancient Burgumer Mar to the northwest of the village, but not yet De Leien, the lake to the south that came into being during the large-scale peat extraction that took place between 1500 and 1750.

During this period, peat workers built a hamlet at the crossing point between a road and a waterway (Lits). This settlement, called De Wâl, was a place of shipping, trade and craft and became the main centre in this area, eventually surpassing the older hamlet and assuming its name, Eastermar.

After 1750, farming became dominant again in this area, and still is.

Until 1989, the village had two formal names (as many Frisian places still do): Eastermar in West Frisian, and Oostermeer in Dutch. The local municipality decided on officially continuing under a single name in both Dutch and Frisian then; a change which is reflected in the single name on the town sign.

Community

Population

1954 - 1415
1959 - 1318
1964 - 1297
1969 - 1265
1973 - 1222
2006 - 1564

Famous (former) residents of Eastermar

Doutzen Kroes (born 1985) - Model

Notable buildings

The Former Protestant church of Eastermar

References

Taalunie. (2019). "Friese namen".
[https://www.tytsjerksteradiel.nl/document.php?m=58&fileid=64579&f=3c991bf8c153f6fef4c593a358f467c9&attachment=0 Overzicht inwonersaantal Tytsjerksteradiel] - Tytsjerksteradiel
"Eastermar, het dorp".

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