Bantega

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

Bantega Bantegea
Village

Location in the former Lemsterlân municipality
52°50′30″N 5°50′30″E / 52.84167°N 5.84167°E / 52.84167; 5.84167
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	De Fryske Marren
Area ^[1]
• Total	19.80 km² (7.64 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	−0.7 m (−2.3 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	655
• Density	33/km² (86/sq mi)
Postal code	8538^[1]
Dialing code	0514

Bantega (West Frisian: Bantegea) is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality De Fryske Marren, and lies about 6 km east of the town of Lemmer.

Bantega has about 650 inhabitants.^[3] It is a young village; until after the second World War, it was only a hamlet, named Echtenpolder. The village is named after the drowned village of Bant.

The village was first named Bantega in 1974. The older name of the settlement was Echtenpolder, but was renamed after a village which disappeared around 1700. It means "village of Bant (area name)".^[4] In 1916, a little wooden church was bought from Kalenberg. In 1944, the floor collapsed during service. A new church was built in 1947.^[5]

Gallery

Bed and breakfast at the Middenweg
School in Bantega
Former church
The cemetery bell

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 8538RA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS
^ "Bantega - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "Bantega". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 March 2022.