Deurze | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Deurze.png |
Map Caption1: | Deurze in the municipality of Aa en Hunze. |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Aa en Hunze |
Coordinates: | 52.9836°N 6.6092°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 11 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.50 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 85 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9457 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0592 |
Deurze is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 4 km southeast of Assen.
The village was first mentioned in 1259 as "curtem Durse". The etymology is unclear.[3] In 1258, awarded former possessions of the monastery, who moved to Assen, 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, the Prince-Bishop of Münster in 1672 who had built a sconce near the village for his failed invasion of the Netherlands.[4]
Deurze was home to 58 people in 1840.[4]
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.