Ingwierrum

Also known as Engwierum

Ingwierrum () is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 565 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.

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Settlement.name: Ingwierrum
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Kerk Engwierum1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ingwierrum church
Settlement.image_flag: Ingwierrum vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Engwierum wapen.svg
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Dongeradiel Ingwierrum.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Friesland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Noardeast-Fryslân

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Official name: Ingwierrum
Image: Kerk Engwierum1.jpg

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== History == The village was first mentioned in 1447 as Edygwerum, and means "settlement on the terp of the people of Ede (person)." Ingwierrum is a terp (artificial living mound) village from the early middle ages. The Dutch Reformed church has a possibly 13th-century tower which was enlarged in the 14th century. The church building dates from 1746.