Idskenhuizen

Idskenhuizen is a village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 480 in 2017.

History

The village as first mentioned in 1495 as Eesken hwsen, and means "settlement of Eesk/Eeske ". Around 1500, the villa Roordastins was located near the village. In 1840, it was home to 296 people. The Protestant church dates from 1889, and is a replacement of an earlier church.
Before 2014, Idskenhuizen was part of the Skarsterlân municipality and before 1984 it was part of Doniawerstal.