Finkum
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Finkum is a small village in Leeuwarderadeel
in the province Friesland
of the Netherlands
and has around the 160 citizens (2004). There is a restored windmill
, the Slagdijkstermolen
.
Leeuwarderadeel
Leeuwarderadeel is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. Its capital is Stiens.- Population centres :Bartlehiem, Britsum, Cornjum, Finkum, Hijum, Jelsum, Oude Leije, Stiens.- Bartlehiem :...
in the province Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and has around the 160 citizens (2004). There is a restored windmill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
, the Slagdijkstermolen
Slagdijkstermolen, Finkum
Slagdijkstermolen is a smock mill in Finkum, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 24540.-History:...
.