Ureterp
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ureterp
| native_name = Oerterp
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Ureterp, de Sint Petruskerk RM31865 foto2 2015-05-10 13.59.jpg
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| image_caption = St Peter's church
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| image_shield = Ureterp dorpswapen.svg
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| image_map = Map NL Opsterlân Oerterp.png
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| map_caption = Location in Opsterland municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position = left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands
| coordinates = {{coord|53.095|N|6.171|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
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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 = {{flagicon|Opsterland}} Opsterland
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 26.24
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9247AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 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=2 April 2022}}
| population_total = 4,860
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0512
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| website = [http://www.oerterp.nl Official]
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Ureterp ({{langx|fy|Oerterp}}) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. After Gorredijk it is the second largest village of the municipality with a population of around 4,785 in January 2017.[http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=11316-11351&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS Statline
History
The village was first mentioned in 1315 as Urathorp, and means "higher settlement". Ura (higher) has been added to distinguish from Olterterp.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ureterp |title=Ureterp - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=nl}} Ureterp developed in the late middle ages on a sandy ridge. In the 17th century, a second settlement developed at the sluice of the Drachtster Compagnonsvaart. The tower and the north face of Dutch Reformed church are from the 13th century. The church was extensively modified around 1800.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0183.php |title=Ureterp |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=2 April 2022}}
Ureterp was home to 1,512 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ureterp |title=Ureterp |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Notable people
- Lieuwe de Boer (born 1951), ice speed skater{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/lieuwe-de-boer-1.html |title=Lieuwe de Boer |website=Sports Reference |access-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203024525/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/lieuwe-de-boer-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}
- Saco Rienk de Boer (1883–1974), landscape architect and city planner{{cite web|url=https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2017/Architects_deboer.pdf |title=Saco Rienk de Boer |website=History Colorado |access-date=2 April 2022}}
- {{ill|Grietje Mulder|nl}} (born 1966), long track speed skater{{cite news|url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LLC/1987-01-06/edition/0/page/7 |title=Grietje Mulder viert entree|website=Leidse Courant|date=6 January 1987|access-date=14 July 2020|language=nl}}
- Alyda Norbruis (born 1989), Paralympic cyclist{{cite web|url=https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nieuws/663125-alyda-norbruis-pakt-gouden-medaille-op-de-500-meter-rio |title=Alyda Norbruis pakt gouden medaille op de 500 meter in Rio |website=Omrop Fryslan|access-date=2 April 2022 |language=nl}}
- Jelle Wagenaar (born 1989), footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.voetbal.com/speler_profiel/jelle-wagenaar/ |title=Jelle Wagenaar |website=Voetbal |access-date=2 April 2022}}
Gallery
File:Weibuorren, hoofdstraat van Ureterp (2008).jpg|Street of Ureterp
File:Ureterp, kunstwerk in straatzicht foto3 2015-05-10 14.11.jpg|Modern art in the street
File:Bijzonder hekwerk..JPG|Fantasy gate
File:IJsbaan Ureterp (2009).jpg|Skating in Ureterp
References
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External links
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{{Dutch municipality Opsterland}}
Category:Populated places in Friesland
Category:Geography of Opsterland
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