Hommerts
Hommerts (West Frisian: De Hommerts) is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 650 in January 2017. It forms, together with Jutrijp, the double village De Hommerts-Jutryp.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Humerke, and means border land of probably Huga (person). Hommerts is a linear canal village. Between 1843 and 1844, the road Sneek-Lemmer was built, and the village extended towards to road.
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1876, and replaces a 1741 church which in turn replaced a predecessor probably from the 12th century. The tower dates from 1985, because it was destroyed by a lightning strike.
Hommerts was home to 322 people in 1840. Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality.
Gallery
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Aqueduct near Hommerts
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 8622DA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
- ^ "Jutrijp-Hommerts". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Hommerts - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Hommerts" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9476 4. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Hommerts at Wikimedia Commons
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