Ferwert (Dutch: Ferwerd) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

[4] Ferwert is a terp village with a radial structure which developed several centuries Before Christ.

The area to the south of the terp was property of the church and became a square known as Vrijhof (free court).

It was owned by Gemme Herjuwsma who was decapitated in 1512 in Leeuwarden for conspiring with Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and his estate was seized by troops of the Duke of Burgundy.

In 1555, he represented Friesland during the inauguration of Philip II of Spain and refused to kneel to the king, saying "Wy Friezen knibbelje allinne foar God" (We Frisian only kneel for God) which could be considered the start of the Dutch Revolt.