Westdorp is a village in the
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
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
Borger-Odoorn
Borger-Odoorn () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.
The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well ...
, 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. Westdorp was home to 95 people in 1840.
In 2002, a subsidy of €450,000 was granted to repair an ''hunebed'' (
dolmen
A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were somet ...
) in
Borger Borger may refer to:
*Borger (name), a surname and given name
*Borger, Netherlands
*Borger, Texas, U.S.
See also
*
* Boorger
* Börger
* Borge (disambiguation)
* Børge
* Burger (disambiguation)
Burger or Burgers may refer to:
Food and drin ...
. 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.
References
Populated places in Drenthe
Borger-Odoorn
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