Aengwirden
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Aengwirden is a former municipality in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

. It covered the area around the village of Tjalleberd
Tjalleberd
Tjalleberd is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 737 citizens ....

. It existed until July 1, 1934.

The area of the former municipality is now a part of the municipality of Heerenveen
Heerenveen
Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...

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Map of the former municipality in 1868.
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