Eesergroen | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Borger-Odoorn |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Eesergroen.png |
Map Caption1: | The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Eesergroen in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village in the province of Drenthe |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.56 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1882 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 170 |
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: | 9537 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0599 |
Eesergroen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 16 km northwest of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned in 1942 as "Eesergroen of Eesgroen", and means "trees belonging to Ees.[3] In 1882, the first house was built to cultivate the wilderness. In 1930, a canal was dug and the large scale cultivation of the area started.[4]
In 1917, the Maranatha chapel was built by the Rechtzinnig Hervormde Kerk, a Christian fundamentalist congregation. It was decommissioned in 1975 and is now used by an auto workshop. In 1956, a church was built by the Vrijzinnig Hervormde Kerk, a liberal Christianity congregation. It was decommissioned in 1969, and now serves as a holiday home.[4]