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Wiuwert (The Netherlands)

Littenseradiel municipality, Fryslân province

by Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2003
adopted 1999; Design: J.C. Terluin and R.J. Broersma.

Wiuwert village
Wiuwert CoA

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Wiuwert village

Wiuwert (Dutch: Wieuwerd), village in Littensteradiel municipality, it used to be in the former municipality of Baarderadeel with (1958): 218; (1974): 183 inhabitants. It is rather famous for the tombe with four mummies, buried c.1665. In the Middel Ages it was a fishing-village along the Middelzee with 180 houses. The Swaenwertermar (a small lake south of the village) was so rich in fish that the fishes jumped into the fishing boats... The Thetinga-state (fortified house) dominated the village in ancient times; it was the center of the labadists. This was a pietist separatist movement, founded by Jean de Labadie (1610-1674); after his
death the members went to Fryslân, where the "state" of Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk (Waltahuis or Thetingastate) became a convent, lead by Pierre Yvon, ably assisted by Anna Maria van Schurman. She was a professor's daughter, studied in Utrecht and Franeker universities, and was a gifted artist. The movement was quite influential on the Frisian church, and the Quaker movement. In 1732 the Labadist movement was dissolved; in 1733, and Thetinga-state was pulled down.
In 1866 a treasure of Frankish golden ornaments was found in Wiuwert (now to be admired in