Weiteveen

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Weiteveen
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Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
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Weiteveen
Weiteveen (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 52°40′N7°0′E / 52.667°N 7.000°E / 52.667; 7.000 Coordinates: 52°40′N7°0′E / 52.667°N 7.000°E / 52.667; 7.000
Country Netherlands
Province Drenthe
Municipality Emmen
Area
[1]
 • Total15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Elevation
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17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total1,670
 • Density110/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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "Weiteveen". Geheugen van Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Weiteveen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "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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