Sumar, Netherlands

Sumar Suameer
Village
Sumar, church: de Dorpskerk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the village in Tytsjerksteradiel
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Coordinates: 53°11′36″N 6°0′54″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Tytsjerksteradiel
Area [1]
• Total	11.69 km^2 (4.51 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,355
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Postal code	9262[1]
Dialing code	0511

Sumar (Dutch: Suameer) is a village in the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It lies south of Burgum, on the N356 [nl], and had a population of approximately 1,382 in January 2017.[3]

There is a windmill in the village, De Hoop.[4]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1453 as suwamer, and means "southern lake". Su (south) was added to distinguish between Eastermar and Noordermeer [nl].[5] Sumar developed in the late middle ages as a collection of spread out farms around the church.[6] The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1769 as a replacement of an earlier church.[6]

Sumar was home to 457 people in 1840.[7] Around 1900, the heath in the area was cultivated.[4] The dairy factory De Harste was built 1908 and is a combination of rational and Jugendstil architecture.[6] The north of the village near the Prinses Margrietkanaal [nl] started to industrialize.[7]

The school teacher Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries developed the Bintje potato in 1898 which became one of the most popular potato varieties. The potato was named after the 17-year old Bintje Jansma, one of his students, in 1905.[7]

Gallery

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  House in Sumar
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  House on the heath
• 
  Former dairy factory
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  Windmill De Hoop

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 9262MA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
3. Overzicht inwonersaantal Tytsjerksteradiel - Tytsjerksteradiel
4. "Sumar". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
5. "Sumar - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
6. Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Sumar" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9476 4. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
7. "Sumar". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 April 2022.