| Wartena | |
| Native Name: | Warten |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.15°N 5.8972°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Leeuwarden |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 22.20 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 925 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9003 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 058 |
Warten (Dutch; Flemish: Wartena) is a village in the municipality of Leeuwarden in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 915 in January 2017.[3]
There is a restored windmill in the village, De Ikkers. Warten is close to the De Alde Feanen National Park.
Warten is the hometown of Olympic gold medallist Marit Bouwmeester (2016: Laser Radial sailing).[4]
The village was first mentioned in 1412 as Wartena. The etymology is unknown.[5] Warten was originally a terp (artificial living mound) village in the early middle ages. Later, it developed into a canal village. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1780 as a replacement of the medieval church. The tower was restored in 1880. The Oud Friese Greidboerderij is an old Frisian long house farm which was built around 1728 on a terp. It is one of the few remaining farms which is still in original condition.[6]
The polder mill De Ikkers originated from the 18th century. In 1921, it was purchased and moved to Snikzwaag to remove excess water from the Broeksterpolder. In 1970, it was bought and moved to Warten and restored, however it is not in service.[7]
In 1840, Warten was home to 461 people.[8] Until 2014, Warten was part of Boarnsterhim municipality and until 1984 it belonged to Idaarderadeel.[8]