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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Wachtum
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|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
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = Windmill ''De Hoop''
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{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 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 13
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 12.27
| area_land_km2           =
| area_water_km2          =
| established_title       =
| established_date        =
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{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}}</ref>
| population_total        = 384
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      =
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 7754<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0524
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|43|27|N|6|45|1|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
}}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/wachtum |title=Wachtum - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Wachtum is an ''[[esdorp]]'' without a church which developed in the Early Middle Ages on a sandy ridge.<ref name="monument">{{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}}</ref>
The village is home to a [[windmill]], which its villagers refer to as ''[[De Hoop, Wachtum|De Hoop]]''. Originally, it was built as a drainage mill for a [[polder]] in [[Veendam]], [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]].<ref name=Tech>{{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.)</ref> In 1894 it was moved to Wachtum where the villagers began utilizing it to produce animal feed.<ref name="monument"/>
Wachtum was home to 338 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/wachtum |title=Wachtum |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.Wachtum.nu   Official website of Wachtum]
{{Coord|52|43|N|6|45|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
{{Coevorden-town}}
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[[Category:Coevorden]]
[[Category:Populated places in Drenthe]]
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