Bantikow

Bantikow is a village and former municipality in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany. On 1 April 2010, Bantikow had a population of 453. The village is located on the so-called Untersee and has recently gained importance for tourism due to its picturesque location.
Archaeology assumes, on the basis of reliable traces of settlement, that the village of Bantikow is already more than 1000 years old. The place was first mentioned in writing in 1307 as Banttecowe. In that year, the Counts of Schwerin issued a certificate for the Stepenitz monastery in Bantikow. In 1364 he is mentioned in Bantekowe, in 1487 Bantkow, in 1753 Bantikow. The basic form of the place name is the Old Slavic word Badk-ow and means place of a Badk. The personal name Badk is a shortened form of given names such as Badislav.

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