Westergeast

{{Infobox settlement | name = Westergeast | native_name = | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Hervormde kerk van Westergeest..JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = The Dutch Reformed church of Westergeast | image_flag = Westergeast (Noardeast-Fryslân) vlag.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Westergeast wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Kollumerlân Westergeast.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in the former Kollumerland municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{coord|53|17|28|N|6|5|8|E|source:fywiki_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 = Noardeast-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 = 9.83 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9295KA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 April 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=1 April 2022|quote=two entries}}</ref> | population_total = 610 | 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 = 9295<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0511 | iso_code = | footnotes = }} '''Westergeast''' ({{langx|nl|Westergeest}}, {{langx|nds|Westergaist}}) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 621 as of January 2017.<ref>[https://www.kollumerland.nl/gemeente/feiten-en-cijfers_3721/item/inwonertal-en-info-2017_6145.html Inwonertal en info 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201339/https://www.kollumerland.nl/gemeente/feiten-en-cijfers_3721/item/inwonertal-en-info-2017_6145.html |date=2017-10-28 }} - Kollumerland</ref> Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland municipality.<ref name="plaats"/>

== History == The village was first mentioned around 1333 as Ghaest.<ref name="etym">{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/westergeest |title=Westergeest - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> It is located on a slight hill (''geast''). The village uses west to distinguish itself with {{ill|Wygeast|nl|Wijgeest}}.<ref name="etym"/> The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1200. In 1807, the tower was lowered. The church was restored between 1954 and 1957.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0194.php |title=Westergeest |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> Some of the stones from the tower were reused in a little ''woudhuisje'' (forest house) next to the church. The little house was demolished in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://frieschdagblad.nl/regio/Een-mooi-ensemble-verdwijnt-Uniek-woudhuis-in-Westergeest-tegen-de-vlakte-26789301.html |title=Een mooi ensemble verdwijnt: Uniek woudhuis in Westergeest tegen de vlakte |website=Friesch Dagblad |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

In 1840, it was home to 263 people.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/westergeest |title=Westergeest |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> There is a restored windmill north of the village, De Beintemapoldermolen. It is a polder mill built in 1870. In 1950, a pumping station made the wind mill obsolete.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=148 |title=De Beintemapoldermolen |website=Molen database |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The village's official name was changed from Westergeest to Westergeast in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=22 dorpen in Noardeast-Fryslân krijgen op 1 januari 2023 een nieuwe Friese naam |url=https://www.rtvnof.nl/22-dorpen-in-noardeast-fryslan-krijgen-op-1-januari-2023-een-nieuwe-friese-naam/595397/ |website=RTV NOF |date=10 December 2022 |language=nl |trans-title=22 villages in Noardeast-Fryslân will receive a new Frisian name on 1 January 2023 |access-date=7 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Friese namen |url=https://namen.taalunie.org/friese-namen |website=Taalunie |language=nl |trans-title=Frisian names |access-date=7 April 2023}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Landschaft bei Westergeest (Gem. Noardeast-Fryslân).jpg|Landscape (Westergeast) File:Eelke Meinertswei 14, Westergeest.jpg|House in Westergeast File:Eelke Meinertswei 15 & 17, Westergeest.jpg|Street view File:Eelke Meinertswei 8, Westergeest.jpg|Bed & Breakfast in Westergeast </gallery>

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==External links== * [http://www.westergeest.net Westergeest.net] {{commonscat-inline}}

Category:Noardeast-Fryslân Category:Populated places in Friesland

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