Terwispel is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands.

Its neighbouring villages are Tijnje (west), Nij Beets (north-west), Beetsterzwaag (north), Lippenhuizen (south-east), Gorredijk (South), Langezwaag (south-west) and Luxwoude (also south-west).

[3] In the 11th century Terwispel was founded as a colony for peat digging in the woods of South-east Fryslân.

This was essential to the economy of most of The Netherlands as dried peat called turf was the most common fuel.

However, as the diggers turned further east into Drenthe, Terwispel lost her prosperity.