Weidum is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

[3] The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Wedum, and means "settlement on the pasture".

[4] Weidum was a terp (artificial living mound) village from the Middle Ages.

In 1397, Sytse Dekema, the owner of the stins returned for Italy to discover that his estate had been destroyed by the Vetkopers.

A manor house was built in its place, however it was severely damaged in a storm in 1898, and in 1902 Dekemastate disappeared for good.