Nieuw-Weerdinge is a village in the

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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 Nov ...

History

Nieuw-Weerdinge started as a

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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