Weerdinge is a neighbourhood and former village of
Emmen in the
Dutch
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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 ...
.
History
Weerdinge is an ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''Anger (meadow), anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture ...
'' which developed in the 10th century, on the road from
Emmen naar
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 ...
.
It was first mentioned in 1327 as Weerdighen. The name means "the people of Wardo". In 1905, a railway line between Emmen and
Stadskanaal
Stadskanaal () is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal.
From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so ...
was laid and a train station was built in Weerdinge. The line closed in 1963.
In 1932, it was home to 977 people.
The
gristmill
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''
De Hondsrug'' was built in 1910 and was restored in 1988.
In 1978, Weerdinge was annexed by neighbouring Emmen, and has become a neighbourhood.
The Pair of Weerdinge
On 29 June 1904, a pair of
bog bodies
A bog body is a human cadaver that has been Natural mummy, naturally mummified in a Bog, peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the S ...
were discovered by Hilbrand Gringhuis. Initially, it was thought that it was a man and a woman, but it has been established that they are two unrelated men. They have been dated 92
BC to 70
AD. Both have probably been killed. Both bodies are on display at the
Drents Museum
The Drents Museum () is an art and history museum in Assen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. Opened in 1854, it has a collection of prehistoric artifacts, applied art and visual art, as well as temporary exhibitions. In 2023, it had 179,345 visitors.
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.
Gallery
File:Paar van Weerdinge, Drents Museum, 1904 VII2A.jpg, The Pair of Weerdinge
File:De Hondsrug 6.JPG, Windmill ''De Hondsrug''
References
External links
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Website of Weerdinge(in Dutch)
Populated places in Drenthe
Emmen, Netherlands
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