Damwâld

Damwâld
Town
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Population
• Total	c. 5,600

Damwâld (Dutch: Damwoude) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the Netherlands and has around 5600 citizens (2014). This number of citizens makes Damwâld the largest village in the municipality of Dantumadiel.

History

Before 1971, this village was three villages, Dantumawoude (Frisian: Dantumawâld), Akkerwoude (Frisian: Ikkerwâld) and Murmerwoude (Frisian: Moarrewâld). Before 1881, the city hall of Dantumadiel was in the village of Rinsumageast. After 1881, the town hall moved to Murmerwoude. Another village in Dantumadiel, De Westereen, claimed the town hall, because it had the largest population. To eventually solve this problem, the local government fused the three small towns into one, so it would have the largest population. The first letter of the Dutch name of each smaller village made up the first three letters of the new name.

Gallery

• 
  Saint Boniface’s church
• 
  Saint Benedict’s church
• 
  Dutch Reformed Church, located at the Hearewei

External links

• Site about Damwâld (NL)

Coordinates: 53°17′N 6°00′E / 53.283°N 6.000°E / 53.283; 6.000

Dantumadiel
Administrative centre	Damwâld
Villages	Broeksterwâld De Falom De Westereen Driezum Feanwâlden Feanwâldsterwâl Readtsjerk Rinsumageast Sibrandahûs Wâlterswâld
Hamlets and former villages	Akkerwoude Dantumawoude Murmerwoude Kuikhorne Oostwoude
Landmarks	Church of Damwâld-Dantumawâld Church of Damwâld-Moarrewâld Church of Rinsumageast Skierstins Grote Molen De Broekmolen De Klaarkampstermeermolen De Hoop