Noord-Sleen | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Coevorden |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 19 |
Area Total Km2: | 12.10 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 585 |
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: | 7846 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0591 |
Coordinates: | 52.7917°N 6.8017°W |
Noord-Sleen is a village in the municipality of Coevorden in the province of Drenthe, Northeastern Netherlands.
Noord-Sleen started as an esdorp which split from Sleen in the 9th century. It contains two village greens.[3] It was first mentioned in 1365 as van Nortslene.[4] In 1840, it was home to 350 people.[5] The gristmill Albertdina was moved to Noord-Sleen in 1905.[6]
There are two dolmen near Noord-Sleen. is a large dolmen with a near complete ring of 24 stones. 7 of the 8 capstones are still present.[7] is not in a good condition, and it is clear that the capstones have been removed.[8]