Scharnegoutum is a small village in Súdwest Fryslân

Súdwest Fryslân

Súdwest-Fryslân is a municipality in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland. Sneek is the capital city of the municipality.It was formed in 2011 from the old municipalities of Bolsward, Nijefurd, Sneek, Wûnseradiel and Wymbritseradiel....

 in the province 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...

 of 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...

 and has around 1580 citizens (2004).

History

Scharnegoutum is occurred on a Artificial dwelling hill

Artificial dwelling hill

An artificial dwelling hill is a mound, created to provide safe ground during high tide and river floods....

. During excavations in this Artificial dwelling hill are objects from the 4th century found. The village was in the beginning beside the Middelzee until this about 1300 was dry placed. With The villages Loaiïngea, Goaiïngea, Gau

Gau

Gau may refer to:* Gau, a Cantonese vulgar word* Gau , German term for a shire * Gau , another name for the French wine grape Gouais blanc* Gau, a character in Final Fantasy VI...

, and Offingawier

Offingawier

Offingawier is a small village in Sneek in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has roughly 170 citizens....

, was Scharnegoutum in the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 a covenant.
Scharnegoutum had 1883 until 1938 a train station on the railway line Leeuwarden - Stavoren

Stavoren

Stavoren is a small town on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 5 km south of Hindeloopen. It lies within the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. Stavoren was granted city rights in 1118, making it the oldest city in Friesland...

. On June 1 1940 was The station reopened, but on November 24 that year was also closed again. In 1897, the Dairy Cooperative factory Scharnegoutum founded. In 1972 was This factory closed.

Population

• 1954 - 1.031
• 1959 - 1.002
• 1964 - 955
• 1969 - 1.020
• 1974 - 996
• 2006 - 1.677