Heeg

Heeg Heech
Village
Hagha Church
Coat of arms
Location in the former Wymbritseradiel municipality
Heeg Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: Coordinates: 52°58′9″N 5°36′27″E / 52.96917°N 5.60750°E / 52.96917; 5.60750
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Súdwest-Fryslân
Population (2017)
• Total	2,175
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8621
Dialing code	0515

Heeg (West Frisian: Heech) is a village in Súdwest Fryslân municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and had a population of around 2,175 in January 2017.^[1]

History

Because of its location on the Heegermeer Lake, eel fishery and trade have been important to Heeg for a long time. Until 1938, eels from Heeg were exported to London. The Hegemers could thereby make use of the Dutch Mooring (Dutch landing) at the Thames, not far from the Tower of London. The trade was so important to the village that the children from Heeg at primary school all used to learn English .

Nowadays, Heeg is a known water sports center with a variety of marinas and shipyards, with Piersma shipyard for flat bottoms the best known. This shipyard was established more than 300 years ago. In the center of the village are a few buildings from the 18th century including the Dutch Reformed Church from 1745.

Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality.

Gallery

• 
  Heeg, church tower in the street
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  Heeg, church; Ichtuskerk
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  Heeg, monumental house

Community

References

• W.O. Santema - Heeg en de Palinghandel op Londen" (1995), "Greolshaven, in pleats yn oarlochstiid" (1993) en Wapendropping op 'e Gouden Boayum(1992)
• Jan Zetzema - De Friese Palingaken (1996)
• G. Gerritsma, K. de Jong, L. van der Pol, J. Vleer en T. Zijlstra - Heeg en de Hegemers (1987)
• Sicco van Albada - De Helling onder Heeg (1999),
• Website of municipality Súdwest Fryslân

External links

Media related to Heeg at Wikimedia Commons