Weustenrade

Weustenrade
Hamlet
Farm in Weustenrade
Weustenrade Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands Weustenrade Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands Show map of Limburg, Netherlands
Coordinates: 50°54′N5°55′E / 50.900°N 5.917°E / 50.900; 5.917
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Voerendaal
Area [1]
• Total	0.12 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	134 m (440 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	230
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6343 [1]
Dialing code	045

Weustenrade is a hamlet in the municipality of Voerendaal of the province Limburg, Netherlands. It is located near Hoensbroek, Voerendaal and Klimmen.

The village was first mentioned in 1420 as Woestenroede, and means "desolate cultivated forest". ^[3] It was home to 105 people in 1840. ^[4]

There are still several old seventeenth-century houses, among which the 'oliemolen' (oilmill). ^[5]

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 6343AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
3. "Weustenrade - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
4. "Weustenrade". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
5. Conrad collection on Dutch waterways: Tijdschrift Uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter Bevordering van Nijverheid 1878 (1878). 1878. p. 74.