Teerns

{{Infobox settlement | name = Teerns | native_name = Tearns | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = [[Hamlet (place)|Hamlet]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Tearns wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Leeuwarden municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|53|11|N|5|50|E|display=title|region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | 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|Leeuwarden}} [[Leeuwarden]] | 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 = 0.20 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9085AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 31 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 = 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=31 March 2022|quote=combined with Hempens}}</ref> | population_total = 150 | 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 = 9085<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 058 | iso_code = | footnotes = }} '''Teerns''' ({{langx|fy|Tearns}}) is a hamlet in [[Leeuwarden]] municipality in the province of [[Friesland]], the [[Netherlands]]. It had a population of around 17 in 2005.<ref name="Karstkarel2005">{{cite book|last=Karstkarel|first=P.|title=419 x Friesland / druk 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fyqmSVoCyuQC&pg=PA424|access-date=13 August 2014|year=2005|publisher=Uitgeverij Kok|isbn=9789033011917|pages=424–}}</ref> The hamlet is often referred as [[Hempens]]-Teerns, because it forms a twin settlement with Hempens.<ref name="plaats"/>

== History == The hamlet was first mentioned in 1397 as "to Terynse". The etymology is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/teerns |title=Teerns - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Teerns was originally a ''[[terp]]'' (artificial living mound) village. The church and tower had existed as early as 1718. The church was demolished in 18th century probably around 1735, and the bell tower was removed in 1878. In 1840, Teerns was home to 40 people. In 1872, the ''terp'' was excavated, and the former centre has disappeared at the construction of the [[A31 motorway (Netherlands)|A31 motorway]]. Nowadays Teerns consists of about 9 houses.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/teerns |title=Teens |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

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[[Category:Leeuwarden]] [[Category:Populated places in Friesland]]