Beerzerveld is a village in the

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

province of

Overijssel Overijssel (; ; ; ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Episcopal principality of Utrecht ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Ommen Ommen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the Vechte, Vecht valley of the Salland region in Overijssel. Historical records first name Ommen in ...

, and lies about 16 km north of

Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o ...

. It was first mentioned in 1860 as Beerzerveld, and means "heath near

Beerze Beerze is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 20 km north of Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. Th ...

". Around 1860, people moved to Beerzerveld to excavate the

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. The hamlet nowadays cooperates with

Mariënberg Mariënberg (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Mainbarg'' or ''Mainbarrug'') is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, and lies on the westside of the Vecht river, between Hardenberg and Ommen. Histor ...

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Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub