Deurze is a village in the

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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 Nov ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Aa en Hunze Aa en Hunze () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The names 'Aa' (more precisely the 'Drentsche Aa') and 'Hunze' refer to two small rivers through the municipality. Population centres Long place names The very small hamlets '' ...

, and lies about 4 km southeast of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1259 as "curtem Durse". The etymology is unclear. In 1258, awarded former possessions of the monastery , who moved to

, to Hako Stevenzoon van Hardenberg. The lands would become known as Deurze. There was a wind mill, however it was destroyed by

Christoph Bernhard von Galen Christoph Bernhard Freiherr von Galen (12 October 1606, Drensteinfurt – 19 September 1678) was Prince-bishop of Münster. He was born into a noble Westphalian family. Background, education and conversion to Roman Catholicism Christoph Bernh ...

, the Prince-Bishop of Münster in 1672 who had built a

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near the village for his failed invasion of the Netherlands. Deurze was home to 58 people in 1840.

Transportation

There is no railway station here. The nearest station is Assen station. The nearest bus stop is about 1 km north of the centre at which the services 10, 21, 24 and 28 stop. For further information see Aa en Hunze#Transportation.

References

Populated places in Drenthe Aa en Hunze {{Drenthe-geo-stub