Tjalhuizum (West Frisian: Tsjalhuzum) is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands.
[3] The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Tyelahusum, and means "settlement of Tjalle".
[5] In 1972, a 10 metres (33 ft) high World War II monument has been placed in Tjalhuizum along the IJsbrechtum naar Nijland.
The monument serves as a remembrance for the lost lives in the municipality of Wymbritseradiel.
[6] Annually on 4 May, the school children from IJsbrechtum and Nijland walk to the monument, observe two of minutes of silence at 20:00 followed by the signing of the Frisian anthem.