Westdorp is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 17 km northwest of Emmen.

History

The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as "to Westorpe", and means "western village" as viewed from Ees.[3] Westdorp was home to 95 people in 1840.[4]

In 2002, a subsidy of €450,000 was granted to repair an hunebed (dolmen) in Borger. The farmers of Westdorp gathered big boulders, the heaviest weight 8 tonnes, and built their own hunebed in the village square. The municipality did not know what to make it of it, but did grant a building permits afterwards.[5][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9534PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Westdorp (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Westdorp". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Drents dorp bouwt uit protest hunebed". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 17 July 2002. Retrieved 11 April 2022.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westdorp
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