| Miedum | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.2372°N 5.8367°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Leeuwarden |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.02 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | -0.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 50 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9082 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 058 |
Miedum is a hamlet in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
The height of the leaning tower of Miedum is 14m (46feet). The approximate tilt at the top of the tower is 115cm (45inches). Relatively speaking, it is the most displaced church tower of the Netherlands,[3] and the second most leaning tower of Europe after Suurhusen.
The village was first mentioned in 1415 as Medemma gha, and means "settlement on the hay land".[4] Miedum shares a statistical area and postal code with the countryside of Lekkum,[2] but it does have place name signs. The church was built in 1620, but demolished in 1834 and only the leaning church tower has remained. In 1955, the foundation of the tower was strengthened to prevent collapse during a storm. In 1840, Miedum was home to 62 people. Nowadays, it consists of about a dozen houses.[5]
Before 1944, Miedum was part of Leeuwarderadeel municipality.[5]