Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland

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Willemsoord
Village
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Dutch Reformed Church of Willemsoord
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Willemsoord
Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°49′28″N6°3′31″E / 52.82444°N 6.05861°E / 52.82444; 6.05861
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Flag of Overijssel.svg Overijssel
Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Steenwijkerland vlag.svg Steenwijkerland
Weststellingwerf flag.svg Weststellingwerf
Established1820
Area
[1]
 • Total4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Elevation
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9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total895
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8338 [1]
Dialing code 0521

Willemsoord is a village in the Dutch provinces of Overijssel and Friesland. For the most part it lays within the municipality Steenwijkerland, and small part lays within the municipality of Weststellingwerf. It was founded in 1820 as an orphanage and colony of the Society of Humanitarianism. [3]

A settlement developed around the colony. [3] In 1840, it was home to 925 people. [4] In 1851, a church was built. In 1923, the Society was disbanded and its possessions were sold. [3] In 1942, the national repository of art was built near Willemsoord. It housed over 3,000 art pieces in a bomb resistant bunker-like building. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2022. No statistics for the Weststellingwerf part
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 8338KA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Ronald Stenvert & Jan ten Hove (1998). "Willemsoord" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN   90 400 9200 1 . Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Willemsoord". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Monumentnummer: 508642". Dutch Monuments Register (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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