Eastermar
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Eastermar is a small village in Tytsjerksteradiel
in the province Friesland
(Fryslân in Frisian) of the Netherlands
and has around 1,600 citizens (2008). Eastermar is the birthplace of model
Doutzen Kroes.
. This discovery is known as the Leien-Warten Kompleks. Mammoth tooth and gold rings were also found around Eastermar. They are in the Regional Museum at Burgum. The first farmers settled on the higher grounds east of the Burgumer Mar. The first stone church was built on the site in 1200. This site is now the cemetery. The community must be several centuries older than the church. In the Middle Ages there were already several farms around the church and to the north and south of It Heechsân.
Between 1500 and 1750 there was widespread peat extracted, which changed the area considerably. After 1750 farming resumed.
The lake De Leien originated from the peat extraction. A map from 1605 clearly shows that today's It Heechsân was formerly called Eastermar. The map shows that the Burgumer Mar (created during the Ice Age
) was already there, but De Leien did not exist at that time.
Between Burgumer Mar and De Leien, on a crossing point between road and water (De Lits) a hamlet of peat workers arise called de Wâl. This was a place of shipping, trade and craft and became the main centre in this area. After the peat, the old core of It Heechsân keep stabbing in the development. Therefore, the center of the village now became Eastermar and the original church on it Heechsân.
Tytsjerksteradiel
Tytsjerksteradiel is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It is named after the town of Tytsjerk, whose name is derived from a person named Tiete. Tiete was a daughter of Tryn, after whom the region is named...
in the province Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
(Fryslân in Frisian) of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and has around 1,600 citizens (2008). Eastermar is the birthplace of model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
Doutzen Kroes.
History
As early as 4000 BC there were nomads in this area. An important archaeological discovery was made at Burgumer MarBurgumer Mar
The Burgumer Mar is a lake near the town of Burgum in the Dutch province of Friesland. The lake was formed during the last ice age. It is a popular water sports area with multiple yacht harbours...
. This discovery is known as the Leien-Warten Kompleks. Mammoth tooth and gold rings were also found around Eastermar. They are in the Regional Museum at Burgum. The first farmers settled on the higher grounds east of the Burgumer Mar. The first stone church was built on the site in 1200. This site is now the cemetery. The community must be several centuries older than the church. In the Middle Ages there were already several farms around the church and to the north and south of It Heechsân.
Between 1500 and 1750 there was widespread peat extracted, which changed the area considerably. After 1750 farming resumed.
The lake De Leien originated from the peat extraction. A map from 1605 clearly shows that today's It Heechsân was formerly called Eastermar. The map shows that the Burgumer Mar (created during the Ice Age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
) was already there, but De Leien did not exist at that time.
Between Burgumer Mar and De Leien, on a crossing point between road and water (De Lits) a hamlet of peat workers arise called de Wâl. This was a place of shipping, trade and craft and became the main centre in this area. After the peat, the old core of It Heechsân keep stabbing in the development. Therefore, the center of the village now became Eastermar and the original church on it Heechsân.
Population
- 1954 - 1415
- 1959 - 1318
- 1964 - 1297
- 1969 - 1265
- 1973 - 1222
- 2006 - 1564
Famous (former) residents of Eastermar
- Doutzen Kroes (January 23 1985) - ModelModel (person)A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....