Kollum

Kollum
Village

Kollum town hall
Country Netherlands Netherlands
Province Friesland Friesland
Population
  Total c. 5,500

Kollum (Low Saxon: Kölm) is a village in Kollumerland c.a. in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has a population of around 5521 (2014). There is a restored windmill, Tochmaland in the village.

It was the site of a battle during the Eighty years war in 1581.

The village made national headlines after the murder of Marianne Vaatstra and subsequent riots in 1999.

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Coordinates: 53°16′45″N 6°9′3″E / 53.27917°N 6.15083°E / 53.27917; 6.15083

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