It Wytfean

Hamlet in Friesland, Netherlands

It Wytfean Witveen
Hamlet

53°10′6″N 6°6′5″E / 53.16833°N 6.10139°E / 53.16833; 6.10139
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Tytsjerksteradiel
Postal code	9261^[1]
Dialing code	0511^[1]

It Wytfean (Dutch: Witveen) is a hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.^[2] It Wytfean has a Mennonite Church, and was a separate parish up to 1838 when it merged with Rottevalle.^[3]

It Wytfean is not a statistical entity,^[4] and the postal authorities have placed it under Eastermar.^[1] It Wytfean has place name signs.^[5]

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1543 as opt Witte feenen, and means "white moorland". It started as a peat colony in 1620 by Swiss Mennonite refugees.^[6] It Wytfean was home to 240 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 35 houses.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Postcode 9261 in Eastermar". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "It Wytfean - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Rottevalle-Witveen". Doopgezind Rottevalle (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2022. not found
^ ^a ^b "It Wytfean". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "It Wytfean - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2022.