Wachtum
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Wachtum
| settlement_type = Village
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Coevorden
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
| image_skyline = Wachtum De Hoop.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
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| image_caption = Windmill De Hoop
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7754MA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 10 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 13
| elevation_min_m =
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| area_total_km2 = 12.27
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=10 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 384
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0524
| coordinates = {{coord|52|43|27|N|6|45|1|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
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Wachtum is a village located in the municipality of Coevorden, within the Dutch province of Drenthe.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 "to Wachtman". The etymology is unknown.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/wachtum |title=Wachtum - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}} Wachtum is an esdorp without a church which developed in the Early Middle Ages on a sandy ridge.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0095.php |title=Wachtum |author=Ronald Stenvert |page=61 |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=10 April 2022}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=382 |title=Technische gegevens |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=Dutch |accessdate=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163235/http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=382 |archivedate=2 April 2015 |df= }} (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view.) In 1894 it was moved to Wachtum where the villagers began utilizing it to produce animal feed.
Wachtum was home to 338 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/wachtum |title=Wachtum |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}
References
External links
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- [http://www.Wachtum.nu Official website of Wachtum]
{{Coord|52|43|N|6|45|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
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Category:Populated places in Drenthe
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