Weiteveen | |
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Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands | |
Coordinates: 52°40′N 7°0′E / 52.667°N 7.000°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Drenthe |
Municipality | Emmen |
Area | |
• Total | 15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 1,670 |
• Density | 110/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.
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]