Wânswert
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| name = Wânswert
| native_name = Wanswerd
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Wanswerd in het landschap.jpg
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| image_caption = Wânswert church and windmill
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| image_map = Map NL Ferwerderadiel Wanswert.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Ferwerderadiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| 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 = 6.80
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9178GC |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.3
| 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 = 220
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Wânswert ({{langx|nl|Wanswerd}}) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 193 in January 2017.[https://www.ferwerderadiel.nl/over-de-gemeente/feiten-en-cijfers.html Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Ferwerderadiel op 1 januari 2017] - Ferwerderadiel Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Wandelswert, and means "terp of Wandilo."{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/wanswert |title=Wânswert - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} Wânswert is a terp (artificial living mound) village dating from several centuries before Christ. The choir of the Dutch Reformed church dates from 1335. The nave and tower were built in the 16th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0188.php |title=Wanswerd |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=1 April 2022}}
In 1840, Wânswert was home to 343 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/w%C3%A2nswert |title=Wânswert |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} The polder mill De Victor was built in 1867 and was built to replace six small windmill and three tjaskers. It was restored between 1975 and 1977, and since 2006 serves as a backup and sometimes aid to the pumping station.{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=144 |title=De Victor |website=Molen database |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} In the late-19th century, the southern side of the terp was excavated.
Gallery
File:Wânswert, Petrustsjerke.jpg|Dutch Reformed church
File:De jachthaven van Tergrecht..JPG|The marina
File:Dorpsgezicht Wanswerd..JPG|View on Wânswert
File:Wanswerd. Ferwerderadeel. Fryslân..JPG|Farm in Wânswert
Notable people
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External links
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{{Dutch municipality Noardeast-Fryslân}}
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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