Skingen

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

Schingen Skingen
Village

Location in Menameradiel municipality
53°12′6″N 5°37′3″E / 53.20167°N 5.61750°E / 53.20167; 5.61750
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Waadhoeke
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.83 km² (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	95
• Density	52/km² (130/sq mi)
Postal code	8816^[1]
Dialing code	0517

Skingen (Dutch: Schingen) is a small village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 115 in January 2017.^[3]

History

The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Schengen, and is the name of a stream.^[4] Skingen developed at the beginning of our era on a natural height near the Middelzee.^[5] Archaeological artefacts have been discovered from the Roman period.^[6] Later the hill was extended into a terp (artificial living hill).^[5] A church had already been built in the 11th or 12th century when in 1877 work began on a new one. The church was restored in 2003.^[5]

Skingen was home to 109 people in 1840.^[6] Until 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.^[6]

Born in Skingen

Pieter Breuker [fy] (1945), Frisian writer

Gallery

Interior of the church

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 8816HT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ Feiten en cijfers - Menameradiel
^ "Schingen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Information sign Skingen". plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Skingen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.