Spanga
Spanga (West Frisian: Spangea) is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 210 in 2017.
The village was first mentioned in 1320 as Spangghe. The etymology is unclear. The Dutch Reformed church was demolished in 1831. In 1851, a bell tower was erected as its replacement. The tower was destroyed during a storm in 1954, and a new tower was built in 1955 which was replaced in 1989.
Spanga was home to 121 people in 1840.
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Spanga Bell Tower
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
combined with Slijkenburg
- ^ "Postcodetool for 8482JG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ Villages - Weststellingwerf municipality (in Dutch)
- ^ "Spanga". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Spanga". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Spanga at Wikimedia Commons
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