Damwâld

Damwâld
Village
Former town hall
Nickname:  Cichorei City
Location in Dantumadiel municipality
Damwâld Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 53°17′N 6°00′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Dantumadiel
Population  (2017)
• Total	5,540
Demonym	Damwâldster
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9104
Website	Official

Damwâld (Dutch, archaic: Damwoude) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the Netherlands and has around 5500 citizens (2017). This number of citizens makes Damwâld the largest village in the municipality of Dantumadiel.

History

In 1971 Dantumawoude (Dantumawâld), Akkerwoude (Ikkerwâld) and Murmerwoude (Moarrewâld) were merged to form a new village for political reasons. 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
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  Saint Benedict's church
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  Dutch Reformed Church, located at the Hearewei
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  Town entry sign

External links

• Site about Damwâld (NL)