Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It is located in
Súdwest-Fryslân
Southwest Friesland ( ) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 89,999 in January 2021. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Southwest-Friesland is ...
,
Friesland
Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...
Workum
Workum () is a city located in the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, Netherlands. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1399 and is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. ...
The village was first mentioned in 855 as Coluuidum, and means "
charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents. In the traditional version of this pyrolysis process, ca ...
woods". Koudum developed on the higher clay ground in the Gaasterland region. It used to be a
linear settlement
A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical r ...
with a little centre around the church. Koudum was the capital of the former municipality of until 1984.
Between 1614 and 1617, a church was built with a high tower, however both the church and tower were replaced by a new church in 1857 with a more modest tower.
Koudum was home to 925 people in 1840. Before 2011, Koudum was the seat of the former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Nijefurd
Nijefurd (, ) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland.
History
It was formed in 1984 from the old municipalities of Hindeloopen, Stavoren, and Workum, and part of Hemelumer Oldeferd.
In 2011, it formed ...
De Vlijt is a restored windmill in the village. The mill was originally built in the 18th century as a
polder
A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are:
# Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...
mill in
Oppenhuizen
Oppenhuizen () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,065 in January 2017.
Oppenhuizen and adjacent Uitwellingerga () are "twin villages" together referred to ...
or
Sneek
Sneek (; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdw ...
. In 1986, the mill was moved to its current location and rebuilt into a corn rack mill.
Gallery
File:Koudum, stadspanorama vanaf de polder IMG 2544 2018-04-19 11.04.jpg, View to the village from the polder
File:De Vlijt molen Koudum 03.JPG, Windmill De Vlijt
File:De Martinikerk - panoramio.jpg, Street view
File:08 Koudum centrum 2.jpg, Village centre