Editing Dronryp (section)

==History and architecture==
Before 2018, the village was part of the [[Menameradiel]] municipality. A few centuries BC, a settlement developed around where the street Tsjerkebuorren is now (Stenvert et al., 2000). Another settlement came into existence nearby when a canal between [[Leeuwarden]] and [[Harlingen, Netherlands|Harlingen]] was completed in 1507. (Part of it was filled up in 1940.) Between roughly 1850 and 1950, these two gradually merged.

The oldest known reference to the village dates from 1132, when it was called Denningrip, meaning a "rip" (narrow stretch of land) where a family called Drenninga lived.<ref>Groenedijk, T. (2000). ''Nederlandse plaatsnamen''. Slingenberg Boekproducties, Hoogeveen, 2000. {{ISBN|90-76113-81-5}}.  (Presumably, Groenedijk means "D''r''enningrip" here.)</ref>

Of the old mansions in the area only the early 18th century Schatzenburg remains.