Aalsum, Friesland

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Aalsum Ealsum
Village
Aalsum church
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Dongeradeel municipality
Aalsum Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: Coordinates: 53°20′18″N 6°00′16″E / ��53.33833°N 6.00444°E / 53.33833; 6.00444
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Noardeast-Fryslân
Population  (2017)
• Total	125
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9121
Telephone area	0519

Aalsum (West Frisian: Ealsum) is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland.^[1] It is located in the municipality Noardeast-Fryslân, about 1 km north of Dokkum. It had a population of around 125 in January 2017^[2]

Aalsum is built on a partially excavated terp, around a church originally dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria, which dates back to approximately 1200 AD.

History[]

Aalsum had a station (Dokkum-Aalsum) on the North Friesland Railway, which opened in 1901. It became the terminus for passenger services in May 1935 and closed to passengers in July 1936. The station reopened to passengers in May 1940 and closed to passengers in July 1942. Freight services ceased in 1975. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.

Notable inhabitants[]

• (June 18, 1932), writer and journalist

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Aalsum (Friesland) at Wikimedia Commons

L.PIGORINI, I terpen della Frisia, "Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana VII, 1881, pp. 110-122; L.PIGORINI, Le prime città della Frisia, "Nuova Antologia", n. 60, 1881, pp. 225–235; R. MUNRO, Notes of a visit to a terp mound at Aalzum, in North Friesland, Holland. “Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland" vol. XXIII, vol. XI new Series, 1889, pp. 98–105.

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