Beetgum

Beetgum (West Frisian:Bitgum) is a small village in Menameradiel in the province of Friesland,the Netherlands. It had a population of around 735 in 2005.

Beetgum gained notoriety in 1895, when three brothers from the village – the brothers Keimpe, Wybren en Marten Hogerhuis – were arrested for their alleged and disputed involvement in a burglary in the village of Britsum. The involvement of the Social Democrat Party's leader, Pieter Jelles Troelstra two years later, catapulted the village into the national headlines.