Weiteveen
Weiteveen | |
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 Weiteveen aan het Dommerskanaal | |
Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands   Weiteveen Weiteveen (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′N 7°0′E / 52.667°N 7.000°E / 52.667; 7.000 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Drenthe |
| Municipality | Emmen |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,670 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 7765 |
| Dialing code | 0591 |
Weiteveen is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe.
History
Weiteveen started in the 1850s by Hannoverian settlers who settled in the Amsterdamscheveld.[3] They built sod houses, started excavating the peat, and planting buckwheat on the burnt fields.[4] In 1919, the Mary Queen of Peace Church was built in the village.[3] In 1924, a protestant settlement appeared.[5] Up to 1954, the area was known as Nieuw-Schoonebekerveld.[4] In 1954, the border between Emmen and Schoonebeek was redrawn, and the two settlements merged as Weiteveen. The name is a combination of buckwheat and bog.[4][5]
In 1925, the tabernacle of the Mary Queen of Peace Church was stolen. Money was raised among the Catholics in the Netherlands to buy a new tabernacle. A week later, the stolen item was discovered in the moorland.[6][7] A chapel has been constructed at the site where the tabernacle was found.[3]
Gallery
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The lost and found tabernacle of Weiteveen
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Church and bog excursion centre
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Cemetery of Weiteveen
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Industrial narrow gauge railway museum
References
- ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 7765AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Weiteveen". Geheugen van Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Weiteveen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Weiteveen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Drentse veenparochie jubileert". De Tijd De Maasbode (in Dutch). 13 June 1959. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "In 1925 stalen onverlaten tabernakel met H.Hosties". Overijsselsch dagblad (in Dutch). 12 June 1959. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
