Nijewier
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Nijewier Herfoarme Tsjerke.JPG
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| image_caption = Church of Nijewier, built in 1678
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| image_map = Map NL Dongeradiel Nijewier.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Noardeast-Fryslân
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 4.88
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9138CA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.4
| 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=1 April 2022|quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 370
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Nijewier ({{langx|nl|Niawier}}) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 366 in January 2017.[https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Dongeradeel op 1 januari 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003857/https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ |date=2017-10-21 }} - Dongeradeel Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1467 as Nyaweer, and means new terp.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/niawier |title=Niawier - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} Nijewier is a terp (artificial living mound) village with a square structure. The Cistercian monastery Sion was founded around 1100 and used to be located in the village. It was an outpost of Claercamp in Rinsumageast and one of the richest monasteries of the region. It was demolished in 1580.
The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1668 as a replacement of its medieval predecessor and was restored in 1811.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/niawier |title=Niawier |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} In 1840, Nijewier was home to 381 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/niawier |title=Niawier |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The village's official name was changed from Niawier to Nijewier in 2023.{{cite web |title=22 dorpen in Noardeast-Fryslân krijgen op 1 januari 2023 een nieuwe Friese naam |url=https://www.rtvnof.nl/22-dorpen-in-noardeast-fryslan-krijgen-op-1-januari-2023-een-nieuwe-friese-naam/595397/ |website=RTV NOF |date=10 December 2022 |language=nl |trans-title=22 villages in Noardeast-Fryslân will receive a new Frisian name on 1 January 2023 |access-date=7 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=Friese namen |url=https://namen.taalunie.org/friese-namen |website=Taalunie |language=nl |trans-title=Frisian names |access-date=7 April 2023}}
Gallery
File:Woningen op de terp van Niawier.jpg|Houses on the terp
File:Voormalige gereformeerde kerk van Niawier.jpg|Former Reformed church
File:Overblijfsel van het Klooster Sion, tusschen Nijewier en Wetzens, 1847.png|Drawing of the former monastery Sion (1847)
File:Nijewier AndersMinnes.JPG|Sculpture of {{Interlanguage link multi|Anders Minnes Wijbenga|fy}}
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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