Achter 't Hout () is a hamlet in the municipality of

Aa en Hunze Aa en Hunze () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, 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 Transpo ...

, in the 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 ...

. The hamlet is located between Bonnen and Kostvlies, north of the ''Grensweg'', the dividing road between

Gasselte Gasselte is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Located in the municipality of Aa en Hunze, it is situated about 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Assen. In 2021, it had a population of 1,770. History The village was first mentioned in 13 ...

and

Gieten Gieten is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km east of Assen. History The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear. Gieten is an ''es ...

, of which it is located to the southeast. Like the hamlets of Bonnen and Veenhof, it belongs to Gieten regarding addressing. The street name is written as ''Achter het Hout'', Dutch for "behind the woods". An older spelling for the hamlet, from around 1900, is ''Achter 't Holt''.

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{{Authority control Populated places in Drenthe Aa en Hunze