Roswinkel is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

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 ...

. It 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 ...

, and is located close to the border with

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History

Roswinkel developed in the 13th century from

Weerdinge Weerdinge is a neighbourhood and former village of Emmen in the Dutch province of Drenthe. History Weerdinge is an ''esdorp'' which developed in the 10th century, on the road from Emmen naar Exloo. It was first mentioned in 1327 as Weerdighen ...

. It was first mentioned in 1327 as "In marka de Werdighen juxta Roeswinkel", and the name means "enclosed land near

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". It already had a church. In the 15th century, it became a parish. The current church dates from 1759. In 1840, it was home to 561 people.

References

Populated places in Drenthe Emmen, Netherlands {{Drenthe-geo-stub