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Súdwest-Fryslân
Southwest Friesland ( fy, Súdwest-Fryslân ) is a municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 84,092 in August 2017. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Sú ...
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Friesland
Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...
Workum
Workum () is a city located in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, Netherlands. It received city rights in 1399 and is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It had a population of 4,435 in January 2017.Hemelum to the south. The population of Koudum was 2,700 in 2019. The nearest train station is the Koudum-Molkwerum railway station.
There is a restored windmill in the village, ''De Vlijt''.
History
The village was first mentioned in 855 as Coluuidum, and means " charcoal 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 re ...
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 corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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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 to ...
De Vlijt is a restored windmill in the village. The mill was originally built in the 18th century as a polder mill in Oppenhuizen or
Sneek
Sneek (; fy, Snits) is a 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 Súdwest-Fryslân (Southwest Friesland). T ...
. 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