Nij Beets
Encyclopedia
Nij Beets is a village
consisting of about 1690 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland
in the east of Friesland
in the Netherlands
.
workers. The peat workers came to around 1860 to Nij Beets to peat their (peat) bosses to excavate and then to make peat of it. The settlement
was near from the old village Beets.
The peat was a major transit route to the former municipality Utingeradiel, de Zeveinsweg; north lay the Ga Weg - now Prikkewei - in the village.
In 1831 a new road, the Nije Leppedyk - nowadays the Domela Nieuwenhuiswei - between Zeveinsweg and the Gean Wei constructed. The fields ranged from 1863 to kick off. Twenty years had the landscape alternating strips wasteland, hayfields and peat bog show.It was mainly the de Prikkewei constructed, on the east side of the Skipsleat and north of the Nij Beetsterfeart. From late 19th century was the extraction of peat slowly in order.
but well nice perspective. through Nij Beets runs the Polderhoofdcanal. Which in the future made again navigable for boats. It runs from De Veenhoop
off by Nij Beets to the Nije feart by De Uilesprong. By de Feanhoop is the nature area de Kraanlannen. Here are the petgaten from the peat time. De Kraanlannen Admission is free in this area with many birds and other animals. South of Nij Beets runs the "Boarn". This is a river previously released in the Middelzee
. More South of the river is natural area De Deelen, that also in the time of peat digging occurred.
Nij Beets is centrally located in the area which borders the forest of Beetsterzwaag
and the Frisian Lakes area.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
consisting of about 1690 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland
Opsterland
Opsterland is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.-Population centres:Bakkeveen, Beetsterzwaag, Frieschepalen, Gorredijk, Hemrik, Jonkerslân, Langezwaag, Lippenhuizen, Luxwoude, Nij Beets, Olterterp, Siegerswoude, Terwispel, Tijnje, Ureterp, Wijnjewoude.-Twin towns —...
in the east 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...
in the Netherlands
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...
.
History
Nij Beets was founded in 1863 by peatPeat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
workers. The peat workers came to around 1860 to Nij Beets to peat their (peat) bosses to excavate and then to make peat of it. The settlement
Settlement
Settlement may refer to:*Consolidation , a process by which soils decrease in volume*Human settlement, a community where people live**Israeli settlement, communities inhabited by Israeli Jews in territory that came under Israel's control as a result of the 1967 Six-Day War**Urban settlement **Rural...
was near from the old village Beets.
The peat was a major transit route to the former municipality Utingeradiel, de Zeveinsweg; north lay the Ga Weg - now Prikkewei - in the village.
In 1831 a new road, the Nije Leppedyk - nowadays the Domela Nieuwenhuiswei - between Zeveinsweg and the Gean Wei constructed. The fields ranged from 1863 to kick off. Twenty years had the landscape alternating strips wasteland, hayfields and peat bog show.It was mainly the de Prikkewei constructed, on the east side of the Skipsleat and north of the Nij Beetsterfeart. From late 19th century was the extraction of peat slowly in order.
Cultivation
In 1891 there a wooden church built. In 1908 was near the Skipsleat a Dutch Reformed Church of stone be built. In 1917 followed a Reformed church on the Prikkewei . Of organized early people's Housing A list of twenty from 1921 on the Swynswei (the former Zeveinswei) built homes and the list of twelve in 1938 and 1940 on a side path of the Domela Nieuwenhuiswei were constructed, good examples.Geography
Nij Beets situated in a polder landscape, so there is not much visual pollutionVisual pollution
Visual pollution is the term given to unattractive and man-made visual elements of a vista, a landscape, or any other thing that a person does not feel comfortable to look at. Visual pollution is an aesthetic issue, referring to the impacts of pollution that impair one's ability to enjoy a vista or...
but well nice perspective. through Nij Beets runs the Polderhoofdcanal. Which in the future made again navigable for boats. It runs from De Veenhoop
De Veenhoop
De Veenhoop is a small village in Smallingerland in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 260 citizens ....
off by Nij Beets to the Nije feart by De Uilesprong. By de Feanhoop is the nature area de Kraanlannen. Here are the petgaten from the peat time. De Kraanlannen Admission is free in this area with many birds and other animals. South of Nij Beets runs the "Boarn". This is a river previously released in the Middelzee
Middelzee
The Middelzee , also called Bordine, was the estuary mouth of the River Boorn now in the Dutch province of Friesland. It ran from as far south as Sneek northward to the Wadden Sea and marked the border between main Frisian regions of Westergoa and Eastergoa...
. More South of the river is natural area De Deelen, that also in the time of peat digging occurred.
Nij Beets is centrally located in the area which borders the forest of Beetsterzwaag
Beetsterzwaag
Beetsterzwaag is a village consisting of about 3650 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....
and the Frisian Lakes area.
Population
- 1954 - 1801
- 1959 - 1628
- 1964 - 1586
- 1969 - 1529
- 1973 - 1428
- 2005 - 1691