Weiteveen

Village in Drenthe, Netherlands
52°40′N 7°0′E / 52.667°N 7.000°E / 52.667; 7.000CountryNetherlandsProvinceDrentheMunicipalityEmmenArea • Total15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi)Elevation17 m (56 ft)Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,670 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)Postal code
7765
Dialing code0591

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

  • The lost and found tabernacle of Weiteveen
    The lost and found tabernacle of Weiteveen
  • Church and bog excursion centre
    Church and bog excursion centre
  • Cemetery of Weiteveen
    Cemetery of Weiteveen
  • Industrial narrow gauge railway museum
    Industrial narrow gauge railway museum

References

  1. ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 7765AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Weiteveen". Geheugen van Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Weiteveen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Weiteveen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Drentse veenparochie jubileert". De Tijd De Maasbode (in Dutch). 13 June 1959. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "In 1925 stalen onverlaten tabernakel met H.Hosties". Overijsselsch dagblad (in Dutch). 12 June 1959. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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