Dongjum | |
Native Name: | Doanjum |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.2089°N 5.5428°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Waadhoeke |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3.50 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.4 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 375 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8808 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0517 |
Dongjum (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈdɔŋ.jʏm/, Western Frisian: Doanjum) is a village in Waadhoeke in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 326 citizens as of January 2014.[3]
Before 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality. Dongjum consists of a group Artificial dwelling hills, on an old bank of a watercourse. The area needs as demonstrated by archaeological research already in Roman times have been occupied. From pottery excavated at the time that the residents were quite wealthy. From the end of the Roman Empire until the 5th century, the area was uninhabited for all thoughts.
In the early 17th century was the stins Goslinga State built where later grietman and statesman Sicco van Goslinga lived, who died in 1731. The stins were demolished in 1803. In the church of Dongjum (1777) is a mausoleum of Sicco van Goslinga.
Together with the nearby hamlet Boer, has Dongjum Since April 1969 the Association Village Importance Dongjum / Boer. The association maintains contacts with the municipality, housing association and social work. Dongjum has a public primary school called "De Twirre". Beside the school stands the villagehouse built in 2007, called De Boppeslach.