Hantum
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| image_caption = St Martin's church
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
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| subdivision_name2 = Noardeast-Fryslân
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| area_total_km2 = 3.51
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9147BA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 31 March 2022 }}
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| population_as_of = 2021
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Hantum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 404 in January 2017.[https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Dongeradeel op 1 januari 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003857/https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ |date=2017-10-21 }} - Dongeradeel Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
The village is home to a restored windmill, De Hantumermolen, and a Buddhist stupa and monastery.
History
The village was first mentioned in 944 as Hanaten. The etymology is unknown.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/hantum |title=Hantum - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}} Hantum is a terp (artificial living mound) village which developed several centuries before Christ. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the late-12th century and was enlarged in the 16th century. In 1807, the tower was built.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0072.php |title=Hantum |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=31 March 2022}}
The polder mill De Hantumermolen was built in 1880. In 1957, the stock broke and an electromotor was installed. The mill was restored in 1978, and is back in active service removing excess water from the polder.{{cite web|url=https://molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=78 |title=De Hantumermolen |website=Molendatabase |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}}
In 1840, Hamtum was home to 383 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/hantum |title=Hantum |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}} Around 1900, the southern and western parts of the terp were excavated.
In 1986, Karma Deleg Chö Phel Ling, a Buddhist monastery, was founded. A Buddhist Stupa was built near Hantum in 1993. The stupa measures {{convert|13|m}}, and was at the time the largest stupa in Western Europe. It belongs to the Karma Kagyu lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism, and is part of the monastery of Karma Deleg Chö Phel Ling.{{cite web|url=https://www.karmakagyu.nl/stoepa/ |title=Stoepa |website=Karma Kagyu.nl |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Hantum een terpdorp in Friesland.jpg|Village view
File:Hantummer Molen - Hantum.jpg|De Hantumermolen
File:Kinnema-sathe Hantum.jpg|De Kinnema sathe in Hantum
File:De Boeddhistische Stoepa in Hantum.jpg|Buddhist stupa in Hantum
References
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