Exloërveen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Borger-Odoorn Borger-Odoorn () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe. The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the Neolithic and mesolit ...

, and lies about 15 km north of Emmen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1899 as Exloërveen, and means "

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

excavation settlement belonging to

Exloo Exloo (Low German: Eksel) is a village in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Drenthe, Netherlands, part of the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Borger-Odoorn. It lies about 12 km north of Emmen, Netherlan ...

". The excavation started in the 17th century. Exloërveen is considered outside of the build up area, however it does have place name signs.

References

Populated places in Drenthe Borger-Odoorn {{Drenthe-geo-stub