Feanwâlden

{{Infobox settlement | name = Feanwâlden | native_name = Veenwouden | native_name_lang = nl | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = N.H. Johannes kerk Veenwouden.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Church of St John | image_flag = Veenwouden vlag.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Feanwâlden wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Dantumadiel Feanwâlden.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Dantumadiel municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|53|14|14|N|5|59|7|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Dantumadiel}} Dantumadiel | 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 = | area_urban_footnotes =  | area_rural_footnotes =  | area_metro_footnotes =  | area_magnitude =  | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title =  | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 =  | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 2017 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 3430 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Feanwâlden''' ({{langx|nl|Veenwouden}}<ref name=Taalunie>{{cite web |url=http://namen.taalunie.org/friese-namen |title=Friese namen |last=Taalunie |year= |language=Dutch |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard>{{cite web |url=http://etymologiebank.ivdnt.org/trefwoord/feanwalden |title=Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard |last= G. van Berkel & K. Samplonius |year=2018 |language=Dutch |access-date= 14 April 2021}}</ref>) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,430 in 2014.<ref>[http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=3497-3518&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS</ref>

Together with the village of Feanwâldsterwâl, a former hamlet of Feanwâlden, it has a village interest association group under the name: ''Vereniging van Dorpsbelangen Veenwouden / Veenwoudsterwal e.o.''.

==History== Feanwâlden originated from two small villages, Sint-Johanneswâld and Eslawâld. The first was near the Skierstins while the second place was a mile further southwest.<ref name=frieslandwonderland>{{cite web |url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/feanwalden |title=Stichting Fryslâns Ferline; NoordBoek - Peter Karstkarel|last=frieslandwonderland.nl|year= |language=Dutch |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref> Sint-Johanneswâld was mentioned in 1439 as ''Sunte Johannis walde'' and 1450 as ''Sunte Johanneswald''. Eslawâld was mentioned in 1450 as ''Essalawald''.<ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard></ref> In 1421 there was also a mention of ''Lillingwald'', possibly also referring to Eslawâld, as in a shortened version of ''es(se)lingawald''<ref>Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). Friese plaatsnamen: alle steden, dorpen en gehuchten. Leeuwarden, Friese Pers/Noordboek (in Dutch)</ref> but it may have been a third and later disappeared place in the area at the southern edge of a vast peatland.

The two places would have merged around 1500. In 1542 it was mentioned as ''Feenwalde'', in 1573 ''Veenwolden'', in 1664 ''Veenwolde'' and 1786 ''Veenwoude'' and ''Feenwoude''.<ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard></ref>

The merger would have come about because Eslawald had to be partly closed due to the flooding caused by the peat extraction. The Cistercian monastery Klaarkamp was already working on this before 1436, the Skierstins had been recruited by the monastery for this.<ref name=frieslandwonderland></ref> The occupation that remained of Eslawâld was still referred to in 1623 as ''Iselwolde''.<ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard></ref>

For a long time, the village was a thin but elongated village, but in the course of the 19th century and 20th century, then known as ''Veenwouden'', it grew considerably. It has also had its own train station for some time.<ref name=frieslandwonderland></ref> In 2008 the municipality Dantumadiel decided that it was going the replace all the official Dutch names within the municipality with the West Frisian names,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dantumadiel.frl/bezoekers/friese-plaats-en-straatnamen_42255/ |title=Friese plaats- en straatnamen - Bezoekers - Gemeente Dantumadiel |access-date=2021-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164928/https://www.dantumadiel.frl/bezoekers/friese-plaats-en-straatnamen_42255/ |archive-date=2018-09-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> so that Feanwâlden became the official name of the village in 2009.

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