It Wytfean

It Wytfean (Dutch: Witveen) is a hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

[2] It Wytfean has a Mennonite Church, and was a separate parish up to 1838 when it merged with Rottevalle.

[3] It Wytfean is not a statistical entity,[4] and the postal authorities have placed it under Eastermar.

[5] The hamlet was first mentioned in 1543 as opt Witte feenen, and means "white moorland".

It started as a peat colony in 1620 by Swiss Mennonite refugees.