Oostwold | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Oostwold (Leek) on a map of Groningen (province) |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on a map of Groningen (province) |
Coordinates: | 53.2014°N 6.4414°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Westerkwartier |
Area Total Km2: | 4.36 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -0.4 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 680 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9828 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0597 |
Oostwold (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈoːst.ʋɔlt/) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.
The village was first mentioned in 1458 as Oestwolde, and means "eastern woods".[3]
In 1908, the Reformed church was built as a replacement for its medieval predecessor. It was decommissioned in 2004 and in 2005 bought by the restaurant next door for parties, meetings, and congresses.
Oostwold was home to 254 people in 1840.[4]