Boarnwert

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

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Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality

53°20′1″N 5°57′11″E / 53.33361°N 5.95306°E / 53.33361; 5.95306Country

NetherlandsProvince

FrieslandMunicipality Noardeast-FryslânArea

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• Total4.32 km² (1.67 sq mi)Elevation

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0.5 m (1.6 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total120 • Density28/km² (72/sq mi)Postal code

9156^[1]

Dialing code0519

Boarnwert (Dutch: Bornwird) is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 119 in January 2017.^[3] Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.^[4]

The village was first mentioned in 944 as Brunnenuur, and means "terp with a spring".^[5] The Dutch Reformed church was built in the 13th century. In 1840, it was home to 84 people.^[4]

In 1910, the terp of Boarnwert was excavated and prehistoric urns were discovered. In 1966 and 1967, archaeological excavation was performed in Boarnwert during the construction of the Holwert to Dokkum road. A stone axe, flint artefacts, and potsherds were discovered from the Late Bronze Age proving that the most northern area which was regularly flooded had been settled for a long time.^[4]^[6]

The village's official name was changed from Bornwird to Boarnwert in 2023.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 9156AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Dongeradeel op 1 januari 2017 Archived 2017-10-21 at the Wayback Machine - Dongeradeel
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bornwird". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Bornwird - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2022. 825-842 reference is probably a different village
^ H. Fokkens. "Late Neolithic occupation near Bornwird (Province of Friesland)". Instituut voor Prehistorie. p. 92-93.
^ "22 dorpen in Noardeast-Fryslân krijgen op 1 januari 2023 een nieuwe Friese naam" [22 villages in Noardeast-Fryslân will receive a new Frisian name on 1 January 2023]. RTV NOF (in Dutch). 10 December 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Friese namen" [Frisian names]. Taalunie (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2023.