Britswert

{{Infobox settlement | name = Britswerd | native_name = Britswert | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Sint-Joriskerk Britswert 01.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Britswert church | image_flag = Britswerd vlag.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Britswert wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Littenseradiel Britswert.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in the former Littenseradiel municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|53|6|45|N|5|40|32|E|display=title|region:NL_type:city_source:nlwiki}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} [[Friesland]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Súdwest-Fryslân}} [[Súdwest-Fryslân]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric   | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 4.26 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8636VA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 5 April 2022 }}</ref> | elevation_m = 0.2 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 105 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]] | postal_code = 8636<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 058 | iso_code = | footnotes = }} ''' Britswert ''' ({{langx|nl|Britswerd}}) is a small village in [[Súdwest-Fryslân]] municipality in the province of [[Friesland]], the [[Netherlands]]. It had a population of around 112 in January 2017.<ref>[http://www.littenseradiel.nl/internet/over-littenseradiel_41217/item/aantal-inwoners-per-dorp_14845.html Aantal inwoners per dorp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421112253/http://www.littenseradiel.nl/internet/over-littenseradiel_41217/item/aantal-inwoners-per-dorp_14845.html# |date=2017-04-21 }} - Littenseradiel</ref>

==History== The village was first mentioned in the late-13th century as Bretsenewarth, and means "broken or split ''[[terp]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/britswert |title=Britswert - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Britswert is a ''[[terp]]'' (artificial living hill) villages which was located between two lakes. The Britswerdermeer was finally ''[[polder]]ed'' in 1885. The St Joris Church dates from the 12th century,<ref name="wonder"/> however it was restored after a fire in 1514, and the tower was rebuilt in 1889.<ref name="plaats"/><ref name="wonder">{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/britswert |title=Britswert |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The village as home to both fishermen and farmers. Between 1200 and 1300, the [[Middelzee]] silted, and the village gradually became an agricultural community.<ref name="plaats"/>

Britswert was home to 120 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/britswert |title=Britswert |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Before 2018, the village was part of the [[Littenseradiel]] municipality.<ref name="plaats"/>

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Britswert, Buorren.jpg|Houses in Britswert File:Britswert, een dorp in Friesland.jpg|View on Britswert </gallery>

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[[Category:Súdwest-Fryslân]] [[Category:Populated places in Friesland]]