Mantgum is a village in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...

municipality in the province

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of the

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and had around 1,172 citizens in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Mantingum, and means "settlement of the people of Mante (person)". Mantgum is a ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...

'' (artificial living mound) village which originates from around 700. A main road used to pass through the village and over the ''terp''. The Dutch Reformed church was built around 1500 as a replacement of a 13th century church. Between 1865 and 1867, it was enlarged and received

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

elements. The tower was added in 1868. In 1840, Mantgum was home to 254 people. Around 1860, a large part of the ''terp'' was excavated. During the 19th century, villas were built in the village by wealthy citizens of Leeuwarden to retire in. Before 2018, the village was part of the

Littenseradiel Littenseradiel () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, known in Dutch as Littenseradeel (). The municipality was formed on 1 January 1984 by a merger of the former municipalities Baarderadeel and Hennaarderadeel. On 1 January 201 ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to

Baarderadeel Baarderadeel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland, southwest of Leeuwarden. Since 1984, the area has been a part of the municipality of Littenseradiel.Schroor, Meindert (chief ed.), ''Nieuwe Encyclopedie van Fryslân'', De ...

municipality.

Transportation

Mantgum is served by the Mantgum railway station. The station was opened in 1883, but closed on 15 May 1938. It was reopened on 25 May 1940, but closed again in 24 November 1940. On 3 June 1973, it opened again, but without a building.

Gallery

Station Mantgum.jpg, The station platform File:20190515 Zicht op Mantgum met de Yde1.jpg, View on Mantgum from the canal File:Mantgum Frijbuorren 1 Pastorie 22092021 (2).jpg, House in Mantgum File:20190515 paarden en de skyline van Leeuwarden ten oosten van Mantgum.jpg, Horses in the meadow of Mantgum with Leeuwarden in the background

References

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{{Authority control Leeuwarden Populated places in Friesland