Menaam
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Menaldum
| native_name = Menaam
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Menaldum Rijksstrjitwei 15.jpg
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| image_map = Map NL Menameradiel Menaam.png
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| map_caption = Location in Menameradiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Waadhoeke
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 13.58
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9036HJ |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 4 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.5
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=4 April 2022}}
| population_total = 2,665
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| area_code = 0518
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| website = [http://www.menaldumdorp.nl Official]
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Menaam ({{langx|nl|Menaldum}}{{cite web |url=http://namen.taalunie.org/friese-namen |title=Friese namen |last=Taalunie |first= |year=2019 |language=Dutch |access-date= 18 November 2019}}) is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,609 citizens in January 2017.[https://www.menameradiel.nl/over-de-gemeente/feiten-en-cijfers.html Cijfers en feiten] - Menameradiel Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.
There are two windmills in the village, De Kievit and De Rentmeester.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Menaldum, and means "settlement of Meynald (person)".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/menaldum |title=Menaldum - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=nl}} Menaam is a terp (artificial living hill) village from several centuries before Christ.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0144.php |title=Peins |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=4 April 2022}} Menaam was the capital of the grietenij (forerunner of the municipality) Menaldumadeel.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/menaam |title=Menaam |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Dutch Reformed church is a successor of the medieval church which was built in stages using its predecessor. In 1855, the choir was rebuilt. The tower followed in 1866, and the nave was constructed in 1874.
The polder mill De Rentmeester was built in 1833 in Dronrijp. It had become obsolete and was moved to Menaam in 1981 to drain excess water from the Zuidoostpolder.{{cite web|url=https://molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=104 |title=De Rentmeester |website=Molen database |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Menaam was home to 935 people in 1840. The town hall was built in 1843 as grietenij house in neoclassical style. At the end of the 19th century, large part of the terp were excavated.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/menaam |title=Menaam |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=nl}} From the 1960s onwards, Menaam became a suburb of Leeuwarden. In 2018, the municipality Menameradiel was merged into Waadhoeke and Menaam ceased to be a capital.
Notable people
Gallery
File:Menaam, de Greatebuorren mei de Menamer toer1.jpg|Street view
File:AldEarmhus-01.JPG|Former poorhouse
File:Toren, aanzicht - Menaldum - 20152992 - RCE.jpg|Church of Menaam
File:Overzicht voorgevel en linker zijgevel, raadhuis, vroeger grietenijhuis - Menaldum - 20345431 - RCE.jpg|Former town hall
References
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External links
- {{commonscatinline|Menaam}}
- [http://www.menaldumdorp.nl Site about Menaldum]
{{Dutch municipality Waadhoeke}}
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