Sicca Beslinga

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This State was in Slappeterp in the municipality Boarnsterhim opposite the church, which is now the mined land.

arise   The original stins / farm was built at least for 1543.  

History   "The family Utisma / Uthsma, which also Grouw occurred, seems to have had in Friens goods. In 1410 had Wika Utisma and his brother Sicca, pastor of Roordahuizum a dispute among others on Besselingha gud with Fedeka Elgherisma."  said Paul Noomen. 

Only around 1500 is to further pursue the history of the weather;  it was a farm. 

A certain Andries Arendsz., Merchant and prominent citizen in Leeuwarden was the mid-16th century owner of Beslinga State through an inheritance from his mother Alyt Pyters. His mother, the State had acquired in 1543. Andries has never used the name Beslinga. The State will then quickly change hands because his daughter marries Jets Beslinga around 1574 by Douwe van Sytzama. Because he was a Frisian nobleman and they "only" a merchant's daughter, she took the name of Beslinga on to the house she had inherited from her father and allowed himself to create a family crest. This Frisian nobleman twice grietman of Idaarderadeel and died in 1607.

Beslinga State until in 1620 a large farm with a long house (room stins?).  In that year the whole of Sytzama Andries, son of Douwe and Jets, demolished to build a state in the same place. 

At a state hearing almost always the swans law. Jacob Tjallings was in 1740 steward of Beslinga State and thus had the care of the swans in the hunting area. Three cygnets were expelled and Jacob why she drove back to the moat of Beslinga. The family Nijdam, owner of the Douma- or Ludringastate under Akkrum, Jacob disputed ownership of the swans and filed a lawsuit in the Court in Leeuwarden. The judge Jacob Tjallings ruled in favor. The boundaries of the Swan yachts were defined very brief.
The State will always remain in the Sytzama family. The last owner was Baron Maurice Pico Diederik van Sytzama. In 1828 he decides to extend the state to a much larger country. By mounting a rectangular component with the same dimensions as the existing house the state was twice as deep than the old one with a more or less square ground plan. The baron, married the rich Geertruida de Wendt, lives in the house with lots station. He grietman of Idaarderadeel, a member of the House of Representatives and finally in 1841 Governor of Friesland (= commissioner of the King). In the house was a collection of about 200 paintings and there was a large collection of 'beautiful drawings, prints and plates. The gardens were very well kept.

His son Eyzo the Wendt Baron Sytzama then follows him as grietman. 

In 1843 his son died suddenly as he rides on the Leeuwarden New City with his gig and after the death of Maurice Pico Diederik in 1848 will be placed the empty state.  Apparently there are no buyers to find and a year later already decided to demolish the state.  In addition, there are broken a large and a small greenhouse and cut down 550 trees.  The selling 3,000 plants was even printed a list of names.  What to Friens remained of the state and the family were a number of gravestones and 15 mourning signs in the church in 1976.  The mourning signs perverse but then in a deplorable state and it is not known if all of which have been restored to me. 

We get a reasonable picture of the state from 1620 on an image of James Stellingwerf from 1723. We see then a symmetrical rectangular building of two floors, equipped with stepped gables, separated by a gable roof. In the middle we see an extended traptop a culmination of a major arms containing lions. The whole basement was, although this is not shown in the drawing. The building contained a Sael 'and a' bovensael. Although the building looks symmetrically placed by the 'Flemish facade "in the middle, which applies to the fenestration not. The right part counts on the floor four cross windows, while the left side, but has three windows. Presumably this is caused by the use of part of the old house to the new building, but it is also possible that this was done on purpose in order to provide sufficient space for the 'bovensael. The State was on a moated site, which was accessible through a gate house with a gable. This gatehouse was equipped with a stone alliance with weapons and had gibbengaten (for pigeons).

In 1828 the state was extended with an equally large building as the existing house making the whole had a more or less square ground plan.  Both components were provided with a schildkap with the corners on chimneys.  In a hall ceiling was replaced with stucco and wallpaper also was applied.  The new facade was now a symmetrical design in which were placed on the floor five large windows on the ground floor two times two windows with the entrance in the middle between them.  The entrance was accessed via a staircase with handrails.  On the roof there were two dormers.  the whole house was demolished only 20 years later.  In the photo from May 8, 2011 shows then the area was dug up and leveled, which the church sticks out in the background high above the field. 

In the north wall of the church is a stone masonry which allows to read Beslinga works to foresee Digging for the servants 1743 (see photo). Apparently Van Sytzama's had on the north side of the church bought some graves where the servants 'at the expense of the boss' could be buried.

Incidentally still Friens members of Sytzama family buried.  On their graves, even the relatively recent, there are large carved gravestones inside a wrought iron gate. 

DJ van der Meer published extensively on Beslinga and Van Sytzama programs. See among others: Genealogysk Jier Booklet (1962) 33-52; and DJ van der Meer, Friens and Van Sytzama's (Alphen 1994).
Residents 1543 Alyt Pyters

ca 1550 Andries Arendsz 

1573 Jets Beslinga, married to Douwe van Sytzama 

ca 1620 Andries van Sytzama 

ca 1650 - 1665 Pier Sytzama 

1711 - 1728 Pier Galen of Sytzama 

ca 1828 - 1848 Maurice Pico Diederik Baron Sytzama 

1841 - 1843 Eyzo the Wendt Baron Sytzama 

current uses The house is nothing more to be found, the property is pasture.

Opened Photos   na  

photos  Watercolor drawing of the State by Sjoerd Bonga The excavated area where the state has been on May 8, 2011 Plaque with name Beslinga State out on May 8, 2011  

Sources   Text: "Stinsen and States, Noble living in Friesland," Elward and Karstkarel, 1992 

Mr. K. Pera 

"This was Idaarderadeel", 1983 

"The stinzen in medieval Frisia and their residents," Noomen, 2009 

Fig.  1: Stinsen and States, Noble living in Friesland, 1992 

Fig.  2 J. Leemburg 

Picture 1 and 2: Jan Leemb