Northern Netherlands
Friesland
SW Friesland

Tjerkwerd

Tjerkwerd is a village in municipality in the province of the . It had a population of 455 in January 2017. There is a in the village, De Babuurstermolen.
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  • Type: Village with 455 residents
  • Description: village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Tsjerkwert”
  • Postal code: 8765

Places of Interest

Highlights include Babuurstermolen and Windmotor Jousterp.

Windmill
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
De is a smock mill in Tjerkwerd, , which was built in 1882 and has been restored to working order. Designated as being in reserve, it is listed as a Rijksmonument.

Windpump
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a windpump.

Church
Photo: Pa3ems, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 3 km northeast of Tjerkwerd.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jonkershuzen and Dedgum.

Hamlet
Photo: Jacobus Stellingwerff, Public domain.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 95 in January 2017.

Hamlet
Photo: JohanW82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Tjerkwerd

Latitude
53.04146° or 53° 2′ 29″ north
Longitude
5.50029° or 5° 30′ 1″ east
Population
455
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL TKW
Open location code
9F572GR2+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47809720
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2746268
Wiki­data ID
Q2641369
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Tjerkwerd” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Cebuano: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Chinese: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Dutch: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Dutch: “Tsjerkwert”
  • French: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Irish: “Tsjerkwert”
  • Italian: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Turkish: “Tjerkwerd”
  • Ukrainian: “Т’єркверд”
  • Western Frisian: “Tsjerkwert”
  • “Tjerkwerd”
  • “Tsjerkwert”

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Highlights include de Lamkespôle and it Skieppefjild.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tjerkwerd”. Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.