Country Netherlands Population 280 (1 Jan 2004) Municipality Coevorden | Local time Thursday 6:45 PM Province Drenthe | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 18 km/h, 59% Humidity | ||
Wachtum is a village located in the municipality of Coevorden, within the Dutch province of Drenthe. Wachtum is collectively cultivated by roughly 280 villagers.
Map of Wachtum, Netherlands
The village is home to a windmill, which its villagers refer to as De Hoop. Originally, it was built as a drainage mill for a polder in Veendam, Groningen. In 1894 it was moved to Wachtum where the villagers began utilizing it to produce animal feed.
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Wachtum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA