| Ravenswoud | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 52.9644°N 6.3803°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ooststellingwerf |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.97 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 405 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8427 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0516 |
| Website: | Official website |
Ravenswoud (Western Frisian: Ravenswâld) is a village consisting of about 400 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf[3] in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Ravenswoud was founded as a peat-cutter settlement in 1850. Having this origin, the owners of the peat-rich earth hired workers to undo the soil of peat. In 1871 the first house was built and the first petition for a school came in 1881. After the first world war the population increased due to the building of houses by the local housing association. By relocating typically a-social families to here, the village got a bad reputation. Their decrepit houses were demolished around 1949 and the land was sold to the government or private buyers.
A memorable moment was known with the progression of the second world war. In the war waged village, Jewish refugees were actively hidden in the town's school attic. The school principal stimulated this and supplied the refugees with food and water. As it was found out, the principal and the Jewish refugees were executed instantly. This act of resistance has been commemorated by renaming the street he lived in and the school he taught.
There is a nature reserve located between Fochteloo, Ravenswoud and Veenhuizen, called . It is one of the best preserved highland areas in the Netherlands.