Mildam | |
Native Name: | Mildaam |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 52.9361°N 6.0017°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Heerenveen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2.32 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 1 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 675 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8454 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0513 |
Mildam (fy|Mildaam) is a village in Heerenveen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 685 in January 2017.[3]
Louis Le Roy's "eco-cathedral" is located here. There is a windmill in the village, De Tjongermolen.
The village was first mentioned in 1523 as tho Meyledam, and either means middle dam or dam of Meila (person).[4] Mildam developed in the 18th century near a place where the river could be crossed. Nowadays, it is more of a suburb of Heerenveen. The current Dutch Reformed church was rebuilt in 1726.[5] In 1840, Mildam was home to 297 people.[6]
The Tjongermolen is a polder mill built in 1983 to replace a ruinous mill from 1869.[7]
Before 1934, Mildam was part of the Schoterland municipality.[6]