IJlst is a city in Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It is located about 3 km southwest of Sneek

Sneek

Sneek is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland . As for 2011 it is part of the municipality Súdwest Fryslân...

. It lies within the municipality of Wymbritseradiel

Wymbritseradiel

Wymbritseradiel is a former municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Its official name was in West Frisian, but the municipality was also known by its Dutch name Wymbritseradeel...

. It received city rights

City rights in the Netherlands

City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....

 in 1268 and is one of the eleven cities in Friesland. The little city counts approximately 3800 people.

Name

The name IJlst derives from the name of the river IJ or Ey. The river IJ is the central point of the little city.
IJlst has a railway station located between the cities Sneek

Sneek

Sneek is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland . As for 2011 it is part of the municipality Súdwest Fryslân...

 and Stavoren

Stavoren

Stavoren is a small town on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 5 km south of Hindeloopen. It lies within the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. Stavoren was granted city rights in 1118, making it the oldest city in Friesland...

.

Districts

The following districts are part of IJlst:

• Centrum (Oud IJlst)
• Roodhem
• Mientlan
• Noord
• Wiiddraai
• De Rat
• Cloosterkamp
• De Iendracht

In 1645 Reinier van Tzum became opperhoofden on Deshima. Between 1654-1664 he was burgomaster

Burgomaster

Burgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration...

of IJlst.