Wapserveen Explained

Wapserveen
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Drenthe
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Westerveld
Image Map1:Map NL - Westerveld - Wapserveen.png
Map Caption1:The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Wapserveen in the municipality of Westerveld.
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:5
Area Total Km2:19.07
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:790
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:8351
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0521

Wapserveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 21 km northwest of Hoogeveen.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1395 or 1396 as Wasperveen, which means "peat excavation village belonging to Wapse".[3] Wapserveen is a road village near a peat excavation area. It was founded by colonists from Friesland. Large scale excavation did not start until the 17th and 18th century.[4]

The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1803, but was built with bricks from its medieval predecessor. A separate bell tower was placed on the cemetery around the same time.[4] During the Reformation, the Catholic church became Dutch Reformed and the priest was replaced by the minister Foppius Hilarii in 1606. However, the villagers preferred the priest, and Hilarii was killed by a farmer. The former priest was given a state pension in 1607 on the condition that he no longer practise and assisted the minister.

Wapserveen was home to 617 people in 1840.[5] In 1896, the cooperative dairy factory in Wapserveen was built in the village.[4]

People

Sicco Mansholt, the former president of the European Commission (1972) and former European Commissioner for Agriculture between 1958 and 1972 lived after his career until his death in Wapserveen.

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 8351GA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 12 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 12 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Wapserveen - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 12 April 2022 . nl.
  4. Book: Wasperveen . Ronald Stenvert . 2001 . Zwolle . Waanders . 90 400 9454 3 . nl . 12 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Wapserveen . Plaatsengids . 12 April 2022 . nl.