Weiteveen

Weiteveen is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe.

Weiteveen
Village
Weiteveen aan het Dommerskanaal
Weiteveen aan het Dommerskanaal
Weiteveen is located in Drenthe
Weiteveen
Weiteveen
Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
Weiteveen is located in Netherlands
Weiteveen
Weiteveen
Weiteveen (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 52°40′N 7°0′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceDrenthe
MunicipalityEmmen
Area
[1]
 • Total15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,670
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Postal code
7765
Dialing code0591

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]

  • 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. "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. "Weiteveen". Geheugen van Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. "Weiteveen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. "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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