{{Infobox settlement | name = Nij Beets | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Dam-Hûske Nij Beets..JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Nij Beets vlag.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Nij Beets wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Opsterlân Nij Beets.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Opsterland municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|53|04|11|N|6|0|10|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|Opsterland}} Opsterland | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 19.11 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9245HA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 April 2022 |archive-date = 26 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226031342/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = -1.1 | 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=2 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 1,670 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 9245<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0512 | iso_code = | footnotes = }} '''Nij Beets''' ({{langx|nl|Nieuw Beets}}) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,705 in January 2017.<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=11316-11351&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS Statline</ref>
== History == Nij Beets was founded in 1863 by peat workers. The peat workers came to Nij Beets around 1860 to excavate and make peat of the turf. The settlement was near to the old village Beets. The area was a major transit route to the former municipality Utingeradiel, de Zeveinsweg; north lay Ga Weg—now Prikkewei.
In 1831 a new road, the Nije Leppedyk—later the Domela Nieuwenhuiswei—between Zeveinsweg and Gean Wei was constructed. The fields ranged from 1863 to kick off.{{clarify|date=May 2012}} Twenty years later the landscape appeared as alternating strips of wasteland, hayfields and peat bog. It was mainly the de Prikkewei constructed, on the east side of the Skipsleat and north of the Nij Beetsterfeart.{{clarify|date=May 2012}} In the late 19th century the extraction of peat slowly continued.
=== Settlement === In 1891 a wooden church was built. In 1908 a Dutch Reformed Church of stone was built near the Skipsleat. In 1917 a Reformed church on the Prikkewei followed.
Twenty homes were built in 1921 on the Swynswei (the former Zeveinswei) and twelve more were built in 1938 and 1940 on a side path of the Domela Nieuwenhuiswei.
The history of the area and the particular turf industries are currently visible in a small open-air museum with relocated original structures and several reconstructions. The museum is called 'It Damshûs'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.damshus.nl/index.htm|title=It Damshûs - welkom|website=www.damshus.nl|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>
== Geography == Nij Beets was situated in a polder landscape. The Polderhoofdcanal runs through Nij Beets. As of 2011 it was made navigable. It runs from De Veenhoop off by Nij Beets to the Nije feart by De Uilesprong. The nature area ''de Kraanlannen'' is by de Feanhoop. Here are the remnants of the petgatten from the peat time. South of Nij Beets runs the "Boarn". This is a river previously released in the Middelzee. South of the river is natural area ''De Deelen'', that was also a peat source.
Nij Beets is centrally located in the area which borders the forest of Beetsterzwaag and the Frisian Lakes area.
== Community ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" |+ Population |- | 1954||1801 |- | 1959||1628 |- | 1964||1586 |- | 1969||1529 |- | 1973||1428 |- | 2005||1691 |}
== Gallery == <gallery> File:20181010 Skipsleat3 bij Nij Beets.jpg|Farm on the canal File:20181010 Fries landschap1 langs de Leppedijk Nij Beets.jpg|Sheep near Nij Beets File:Nij Beets museum It Damhus.jpg|Museum of Nij Beets File:Nijbeets - Stoppeldei 2013 -003.JPG|Plowing with horses </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} * [http://www.beetsonline.nl/ Website Beets Online | Nij Beets, Oud Beets] * [http://www.damshus.nl/ The website of the museum in Nij Beets about the peat time]
{{Dutch municipality Opsterland}}
Category:Populated places in Friesland Category:Geography of Opsterland