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Burdaard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,173 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.
It is situated south of Jislum, southeast of Wânswert, and northwest of Aldtsjerk. The Dokkumer Ee canal, connecting Dokkum and Leeuwarden, runs straight through the village centre.
Annually, more than ten thousand ships and boats pass through Burdaard. The village is one of the few settlements which is visited twice by ice skaters in the Elfstedentocht.
Since 1999, the official name of the village is Burdaard, reflecting the Frisian pronunciation. The Dutch name is Birdaard, a standardized spelling dating back to Napoleonic times.
Before standardization, many different spellings were in use throughout the ages. Small variations on the modern name are found in historical maps and texts: the final consonant was often a 't' or 'dt', and 'aa' was often spelled as 'ae'. Before 1700, greater variation in spelling occurred.
The village appears on a 1605 map made by Abraham Ortelius as 'Birdawert'. Until around 1620 this spelling was reused by other mapmakers and spelled as 'Birdewert' or 'Birdauwert'. After 1620, several maps were made where the name is spelled as 'Biddaert'. In 1665, the Schotanus Atlas spells the name again as 'Birdauwert'. Subsequent editions also used this name. In 1718, François Halma first used the spelling 'Birdaard' in an edited version of the Schotanus maps, a spelling that persists until today.
Alongside the spelling variations already mentioned, historical texts also use several other spellings. The oldest mention of the village occurs in a document dating back to 945 from the Princely Abbey of Fulda, where it's called Breitenfurt. In late medieval times, spellings such as Berdawerd, Birdauwert and Birdawerth were used, among many other variant spellings. Even in early modern times, the range of spellings used was considerable, including Berdaerdt, Birdavert and Bierdauwert.
Burdaard is a terp village, consisting of two historic cores. The oldest part of the village is centred around a terp that was built several centuries BCE.
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Burdaard
Burdaard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,173 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.
It is situated south of Jislum, southeast of Wânswert, and northwest of Aldtsjerk. The Dokkumer Ee canal, connecting Dokkum and Leeuwarden, runs straight through the village centre.
Annually, more than ten thousand ships and boats pass through Burdaard. The village is one of the few settlements which is visited twice by ice skaters in the Elfstedentocht.
Since 1999, the official name of the village is Burdaard, reflecting the Frisian pronunciation. The Dutch name is Birdaard, a standardized spelling dating back to Napoleonic times.
Before standardization, many different spellings were in use throughout the ages. Small variations on the modern name are found in historical maps and texts: the final consonant was often a 't' or 'dt', and 'aa' was often spelled as 'ae'. Before 1700, greater variation in spelling occurred.
The village appears on a 1605 map made by Abraham Ortelius as 'Birdawert'. Until around 1620 this spelling was reused by other mapmakers and spelled as 'Birdewert' or 'Birdauwert'. After 1620, several maps were made where the name is spelled as 'Biddaert'. In 1665, the Schotanus Atlas spells the name again as 'Birdauwert'. Subsequent editions also used this name. In 1718, François Halma first used the spelling 'Birdaard' in an edited version of the Schotanus maps, a spelling that persists until today.
Alongside the spelling variations already mentioned, historical texts also use several other spellings. The oldest mention of the village occurs in a document dating back to 945 from the Princely Abbey of Fulda, where it's called Breitenfurt. In late medieval times, spellings such as Berdawerd, Birdauwert and Birdawerth were used, among many other variant spellings. Even in early modern times, the range of spellings used was considerable, including Berdaerdt, Birdavert and Bierdauwert.
Burdaard is a terp village, consisting of two historic cores. The oldest part of the village is centred around a terp that was built several centuries BCE.
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