Reahûs

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

Roodhuis Reahûs
Village
Reahûs with St Martin's church
Coat of arms
53°4′35″N 5°38′12″E / 53.07639°N 5.63667°E / 53.07639; 5.63667
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Súdwest-Fryslân
Area ^[1]	4.44 km² (1.71 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	185
• Density	42/km² (110/sq mi)
Postal code	8736^[1]
Dialing code	0515

Reahûs (Dutch: Roodhuis) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 170 in January 2017.^[3]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1861 as Roodhuis, and means "red house" which refers to a farm from 1639 with a red tiled roof.^[4] The farm used to contain a clandestine church for the Catholics.^[5]

In 1892, the Catholic St Martin Church was built in Gothic Revival style. The church contains a 15th century statue of St Martin on a horse which was originally located in Easterein and hidden during the Reformation.^[5]

Reahûs was home to 28 people in 1840.^[6] Reahûs was awarded village status in 1955. Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 8736JA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ Aantal inwoners per dorp Archived 2017-04-21 at the Wayback Machine - Littenseradiel
^ "Reahûs - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Reahûs". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Reahûs". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.