Beetgum
Beetgum Bitgum | |
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Village | |
Beetgum church | |
Location in Menameradiel municipality | |
Beetgum Location in the Netherlands | |
Coordinates: Coordinates: 53°14′12″N 5°41′15″E / 53.23667°N 5.68750°E | |
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Population (2017) | |
• Total | 792 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 9044 |
Telephone area | 058 |
Beetgum (West Frisian: Bitgum) is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland,the Netherlands. It had a population of around 792 in January 2017.[1]
History
Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality. Beetgum gained notoriety in 1895, when three brothers from the village – the brothers Keimpe, Wybren en Marten Hogerhuis – were arrested for their alleged and disputed involvement in a burglary in the village of Britsum. The involvement of the Social Democrat Party's leader, Pieter Jelles Troelstra two years later, catapulted the village into the national headlines.[2]
Aircraft crash
On June 9th, 2016 a demonstration fighter jet crashed in the lake next to 'De bodde', the pilot saved himself by ejecting from the aircraft.
References
- ↑ Aantal inwoners per dorp - Menameradiel
- ↑ De gevangenis in door klassenjustitie - Historisch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)