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{{Infobox settlement | name = Rijs | native_name = Riis | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Mooi Gaasterland Rijs.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Mooi Gaasterland mansion | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Gaasterlân Sleat Riis.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in the former Gaasterlân-Sleat municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|52|52|N|5|30|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|De Fryske Marren}} De Fryske Marren | 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 = 5.42 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8572WB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 29 March 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 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=29 March 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 175 | 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 = 8572<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0514 | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Rijs''' ({{langx|fy|Riis}}) is a village within the municipality of De Fryske Marren in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

Rijs is situated on the road between Oudemirdum and Hemelum. It has approximately 170 citizens (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=5165-5286&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS</ref> Rijs is best known for its 300-year-old planted forest, known as ''Rijsterbos''.

==History== The village was first mentioned in 1333 as Riis and means branches. It is related to a grange of the Abbey of Staveren which was demolished in 1495 by Ygo Gales Galama, a Frisian warlord.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/rijs3 |title=Rijs - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref><ref name="monument"/> Rijs was located on a sandy ridge.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0153.php |title=Rijs |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>

Huis Rijs was a ''stins'' (manor house) built in the 17th century. As part of the estate, a large forest was planted. The building was demolished in 1937,<ref name="monument"/> and replaced by a modern house. The forest is owned by {{ill|It Fryske Gea|nl||fy}} and is publicly accessible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stinseninfriesland.nl/HuisRijsRijs.htm |title=Huis Rijs |website=Stinsen in Friesland |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

In 1840, Rijs was home to 95 people. In 1916, the former brickworks of Rijs was used as a refugee camp for several hundred Belgian refugees.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/rijs |title=Rijs |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Before 2014, Rijs was part of the Gaasterlân-Sleat municipality and before 1984 it was part of Gaasterland.<ref name="plaats"/>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Rijs, toegangspoort slottuin Rijs IMG 2566a 2018-04-19 12.00.jpg|The garden entrance gate of Huis Rijs File:Rijs Steenkist 1999-07-17 c.jpg|Dolmen in the forest File:Rijsterbos 01.jpg|Rijsterbos File:Rijs - Vredestempel-8.JPG|Peace temple </gallery>

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==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/serooskerke-rijs.html V-2 Rockets Launched From Rijs in WW2]

Category:De Fryske Marren Category:Populated places in Friesland