Ternaard
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Ternaard is a village in the municipality Dongeradeel
located in the northeast of the province of Friesland
between Dokkum
and the Wadden Sea
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intended.
Ternaard with about 1420 inhabitants of the larger villages in the Dongeradeel. Ternaard previously heard in the town Dongeradeel West. The mayor of the municipality was in Ternaard. In the municipal reorganization in the province of Friesland (1984), the municipality Dongeradeel West merged with the municipality and the city Oostdongeradeel Dokkum in the new Dongeradeel.
and Leeuwarden.
Dongeradeel
- History :Dongeradeel was created in 1984 from a merger of the old municipalities Westdongeradeel, Oostdongeradeel, and Dokkum. The new municipality is still colloquially referred to in the plural, "de Dongeradelen".- Population centres :...
located in the northeast of the province of 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...
between Dokkum
Dokkum
Dokkum is a Dutch fortified town in the municipality of Dongeradeel in the province of Friesland. It has 13,145 inhabitants . The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken . - History :...
and the Wadden Sea
Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the range of Frisian Islands, forming a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands. It is rich in biological diversity...
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History
Around 800 appeared for the first time on Ternaard, called Tununfurt . Later also the names Tunawert, Thunewerd, Tonauwer, Tijnnawerdt, Tennaard used. In the words Furt, Wert and werdt was wierde intended. What Tunun means is unknown, possibly became one of the Thunder and OdinOdin
Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon "Wōden" and the Old High German "Wotan", the name is descended from Proto-Germanic "*Wodanaz" or "*Wōđanaz"....
intended.
Ternaard with about 1420 inhabitants of the larger villages in the Dongeradeel. Ternaard previously heard in the town Dongeradeel West. The mayor of the municipality was in Ternaard. In the municipal reorganization in the province of Friesland (1984), the municipality Dongeradeel West merged with the municipality and the city Oostdongeradeel Dokkum in the new Dongeradeel.
Services
In Ternaard is a neighborhood supermarket, butchers, kindergarten, an elementary school, two GP practices, health center, a homeopathic practice and a retirement home. There is also a bus service to DokkumDokkum
Dokkum is a Dutch fortified town in the municipality of Dongeradeel in the province of Friesland. It has 13,145 inhabitants . The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken . - History :...
and Leeuwarden.
Sports
Ternaard in sport has a billiard club, a football club, a tennis club a bounce, a bocce and volleyball.Churches
- The (late Gothic) Grote Kerk dates from the 16th century. This church has a fine 17th-century interior.
- Ternaard the Mennonite church has merged with the Mennonite church-Holwerd Blija in the new town-Holwerd Blija and Ternaard. In October 2007, the last service held in the Baptist church Ternaard. This church building has been sold.
- The Reformed Church in 1921 was designed by Ane Nauta.