Mantgum
village in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Mantgum is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands 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 (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 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.
The public source identifies “Mantgum” as village in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mantgum, village and Leeuwarden.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2276913. Authority coordinates are 53.130, 5.720. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017, 1500, 1865 and 1867.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mantgum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.