Westerveld

Municipality in Drenthe, Netherlands

Westerveld (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛstərˈvɛlt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.

The municipality Westerveld was established in 1998 out of the municipalities of Diever, Dwingeloo, Havelte, and Vledder. Westerveld is crossed by a channel, the Drentsche Hoofdvaart. There are also two National Parks situated in the municipality, the Drents-Friese Wold and Dwingelerveld.

Population centres

• Boschoord
• Darp
• Diever
• Dieverbrug
• Doldersum
• Dwingeloo
• Eemster
• Frederiksoord
• Geeuwenbrug
• Havelte
• Havelterberg
• Leggeloo
• Lhee
• Lheebroek
• Nijensleek
• Oude Willem
• Uffelte
• Vledder
• Vledderveen
• Wapse
• Wapserveen
• Wateren
• Wilhelminaoord
• Wittelte
• Zorgvlied

Dwingeloo is a town halfway between Meppel and Assen. The radio telescope of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory is located on the edge of the Dwingeloo Heath, 3 km (2 mi) south of the village.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Westerveld, 2013.

Notable people

Hans Hugenholtz, 1961

• Sicco Mansholt (1908 in Ulrum – 1995) politician, 4th President of the European Commission 1972-1973
• John Hugenholtz (1914 in Vledder – 1995) designer of race tracks and cars
• Jan Pol (born 1942 in Wateren) veterinarian, & TV Personality
• Jan Mulder (born 1943 in Diever) politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Klaske Hiemstra (born 1954 in Vledder) a West Frisian-language writer
• Maarten Treurniet (born 1959) film director, brought up in Dwingeloo ^[6]
• Merlijn Twaalfhoven (born 1976 in Wapserveen) Dutch composer

Sport

• Gerrit Postma (1894 in Vledderveen – 1969) discus thrower, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Tollien Schuurman (1913 in Zorgvlied – 1994) sprint runner, competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Riëtte Fledderus (born 1977) retired volleyball player, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gallery

• 
  Hervormde Karke Dever
• 
  Dwingeloo - De Bork - Westeinde
• 
  Drentsche Hoofdvaart, Uffelterbrug
• 
  De havezate Oldengaerde te Dwingeloo

References

1. "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
2. "Samenstelling van het college van burgemeester en wethouders" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Westerveld. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
3. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. "Postcodetool for 7981EL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
5. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
6. IMDb Database retrieved 7 June 2019

External links

• Official website