Wytgaard

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Wytgaard

| native_name = | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Wytgaard dorp bij Leeuwarden..jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Wijtgaard vlag.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Wytgaard wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Ljouwert Wytgaard.png | 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|8|27|N|5|47|2|E|region:NL_type:city(630)|display=inline,title}} | 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 = | 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 = 570 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 9089 | area_code_type = Telephone area | area_code = 058 | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Wytgaard''' ({{langx|nl|Wijtgaard<ref name=Taalunie>{{cite web |url=http://namen.taalunie.org/friese-namen |title=Friese namen |last=Taalunie |first= |year= |language=Dutch |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> or Wytgaard<ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard>G. van Berkel & K. Samplonius (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch)</ref>)}} is a village in [[Leeuwarden]] municipality in the province of [[Friesland]], the [[Netherlands]]. It had a population of around 570 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=8740-8880&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] – CBS Statline</ref>

==History and name== Wytgaard started as a small hamlet in the 17th century in an area that was that until approximately the 13th century situated on the edge of the former [[Middelzee]]. The hamlet arose in a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] enclave west of the Protestant village of [[Wirdum, Friesland|Wirdum]].<ref name=frieslandwonderland>{{cite web |url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/damwald |title=Stichting Fryslâns Ferline; NoordBoek – Peter Karstkarel|last=frieslandwonderland.nl|year= |language=Dutch |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> The area was listed as "Wytghardera ny land" in 1485. Possibly this refers to a monastery that would have stood there, also explained as '' De Witte Gaarde''.<ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard></ref>

The area in which the hamlet eventually developed was already slightly inhabited and in 1511 it was mentioned as ''Wijtgaerdt'' and in 1543 as ''Uuytgaerd''. After the real hamlet had arisen it was mentioned as '' Wytgaard'' in 1718.<ref name=Nederlandseplaatsnamenverklaard></ref> And after that the spelling ''Wijtgaard'' was mostly used. The hamlet consisted of two core neighborhoods and they eventually fused together. Slowly it became a small village. Before the municipal reorganizations in 1944, it belonged to the municipality [[Leeuwarderadeel]].

The village became independent in 1957 when it officially broke away from Wirdum, it was around the time that the spelling Wytgaard was also in use again. Although it's really not know if the spelling was changed in 1957 when it became a village but the town sign chanced it to Wytgaard and in some of the official record Wytgaard was used. In documents the municipal officials mostly use(d) the spelling Wijtgaard. Both spellings are used after since in Dutch. In West Frisian the spelling was ''Wytgaerd'', up until 1982 when the Fryske Akadamy changed it to ''Wytgaard'' as the preferred spelling in West Frisian. It's still unclear what the real official name is since it became a village of its own.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/article.do?v2=true&id=LC-20000115-23010&vw=org |title=Veertig jaar verwarring rond spelling Wytgaard |last=NDC mediagroep – De Krant van Toen |language=Dutch |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> But postal code named is officially Wytgaard. Wytgaard is more often used in Dutch but the spelling Wijtgaard is also still used, especially on maps.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://topotijdreis.nl/ |title=topotijdreis.nl|last=from Kadaster 2020 map}}</ref>

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