Witmarsum, Friesland

Witmarsum ( Frisian: Wytmarsum ) is the administrative headquarters of the northern municipality of the Netherlands Wûnseradiel ( province of Friesland).

The small town with 1804 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2004) is the birthplace of Menno Simons, an important Baptist leader who is developing at the Free Church of the Mennonite Anabaptist movement.

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