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Feanwâlden

Field	Value
name	Feanwâlden
native_name	Veenwouden
native_name_lang	nl
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	N.H. Johannes kerk Veenwouden.jpg
image_caption	Church of St John
image_flag	Veenwouden vlag.svg
image_shield	Feanwâlden wapen.svg
image_map	Map NL Dantumadiel Feanwâlden.png
map_caption	Location in Dantumadiel municipality
pushpin_map	Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
pushpin_label_position	left
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	Dantumadiel Dantumadiel
unit_pref	Metric
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes
area_magnitude
population_as_of	2017
population_total	3430
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code

tags -- Feanwâlden () is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,430 in 2014.

Together with the village of Feanwâldsterwâl, a former hamlet of Feanwâlden, it has a village interest association group under the name: Vereniging van Dorpsbelangen Veenwouden / Veenwoudsterwal e.o..

History

Feanwâlden originated from two small villages, Sint-Johanneswâld and Eslawâld. The first was near the Skierstins while the second place was a mile further southwest. Sint-Johanneswâld was mentioned in 1439 as Sunte Johannis walde and 1450 as Sunte Johanneswald. Eslawâld was mentioned in 1450 as Essalawald. In 1421 there was also a mention of Lillingwald, possibly also referring to Eslawâld, as in a shortened version of es(se)lingawald but it may have been a third and later disappeared place in the area at the southern edge of a vast peatland.

The two places would have merged around 1500. In 1542 it was mentioned as Feenwalde, in 1573 Veenwolden, in 1664 Veenwolde and 1786 Veenwoude and Feenwoude.

The merger would have come about because Eslawald had to be partly closed due to the flooding caused by the peat extraction. The Cistercian monastery Klaarkamp was already working on this before 1436, the Skierstins had been recruited by the monastery for this. The occupation that remained of Eslawâld was still referred to in 1623 as Iselwolde.

For a long time, the village was a thin but elongated village, but in the course of the 19th century and 20th century, then known as Veenwouden, it grew considerably. It has also had its own train station for some time. In 2008 the municipality Dantumadiel decided that it was going the replace all the official Dutch names within the municipality with the West Frisian names, so that Feanwâlden became the official name of the village in 2009.

Notable buildings

The Skierstins

References

Taalunie. "Friese namen".
G. van Berkel & K. Samplonius. (2018). "Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard".
[http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=3497-3518&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS
frieslandwonderland.nl. "Stichting Fryslâns Ferline; NoordBoek - Peter Karstkarel".
Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden, Friese Pers/Noordboek (in Dutch)
"Friese plaats- en straatnamen - Bezoekers - Gemeente Dantumadiel".

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