Wymbritseradiel

Also known as Wymbritseradeel

Wymbritseradeel (; official ) was a rural municipality () in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality () of the same name existed from 1500 until 1984.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Wymbritseradeel
Settlement.native_name: Wymbritseradiel
Settlement.settlement_type: Former municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Ie-akwadukt 01.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_alt: Aqueduct
Settlement.image_caption: Aqueduct
Settlement.image_flag: Wymbritseradiel flag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag of Wymbritseradiel
Settlement.image_shield: Wymbritseradeel wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x100px

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Wymbritseradeel (; official ) was a rural municipality () in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality () of the same name existed from 1500 until 1984.

==History== thumb|upright|left|Early map of Wymbritseradeel thumb|right|Old town hall Wymbritseradeel was formed from the division of the medieval district of Waghenbrugghe. The grietenij of Wymbritseradeel was created in 1500 as Frisian cities became independent and several grietenij were split on the south side of the area. The boundaries of Wymbritseradeel remained unchanged until 1984. From 1625 until the introduction of the municipal law in 1851, the grietman of Wymbritseradeel lived in the stins of Epemastate in IJsbrechtum ().