Nieuw-Weerdinge is a village in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

and is part of the Emmen municipality in

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 ...

History

Nieuw-Weerdinge started as a

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 ...

exploitation settlement. It was founded in 1872, and was originally called Weerdingermarke. In 1902, it was renamed Nieuw-Weerdinge. In 1932, it was home to 4,466 people.

References

Populated places in Drenthe Emmen, Netherlands 1872 establishments in the Netherlands {{Drenthe-geo-stub