Follega () is a small village in

De Fryske Marren De Fryske Marren () is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2014 and consists of the former municipalities of Gaasterlân-Sleat, Lemsterland, Skarsterlân and parts of Boarnsterhim, all four of whi ...

in the province of

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It had a population of around 155 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Ecclesia Folcolfi, and means "the settlement of Folle (person)". The church was demolished in the 17th century and never rebuilt. On 2 October 1799, English soldiers tried to take the bridge, but were attacked by armed citizens and had to retreat. The local inn used to be called De Drie Kogels (The three bullets), because it had received three bullet holes during the fighting. In 1840, it was home to 231 people. There was a little wind mill near Follega built in 1857, but it was sold to

Laag-Keppel Laag-Keppel is a small city with city privileges (since 1404) between Doetinchem Doetinchem (; Dutch Low Saxon, Low Saxon: ) is a city and Municipalities in the Netherlands, municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the ...

in 1968.

Gallery

File:Follegasloot Brug Follega.JPG, The bridge near Follega File:Follega bij brug.jpg, Street view File:Aanzicht - Tollega - 20209734 - RCE.jpg, Farm near Follega File:Spinnenkopmolen van achteren gefotografeerd Coll.S.J.Bouma,Gr.voor 42 - Follega - 20514695 - RCE.jpg, Windmill

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De Fryske Marren Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub