Wachtum

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Wachtum is a village in the municipality Coevorden in the Dutch province Drenthe. To the former municipality Dalen, belonged to the municipal division in 1998. Oosterhesselen lies north of Wachtum and Dalen lies south. It has an altitude of 11 meters (39 feet) and a population of about 280. . Wachtum is an old "esdorp". The firstly well-known indication of the name ` Wachtum ', then still ` Wachtmen ', descends from 1399, then the council pronounced sentence concerning sale of a farm. In the village still stand a mill "De Hoop". This mill has been built initially as a polder mill for drained of a polder at Veendam. In 1894, the mill was moved to Wachtum and from then on it was used for grinding animal fodder.

[edit] External links

• Official website of Wachtum

Coordinates: 52°43′N, 6°45′E

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