Weijerswold | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
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: | 10 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.64 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 80 |
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: | 7742 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0524 |
Coordinates: | 52.6614°N 6.79°W |
Weijerswold is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Coevorden municipality in Drenthe, east of the city of Coevorden.
Weijerswold is a road village on a sandy hill dating for the Middle Ages.[3] It was first mentioned in 1520 as "beneden den graven die van Wijerdeswolde daele gaet nae den Hennenbroke", and means "swamp forest belonging to Wijerd".[4] In 1840, it was home to 42 people.[5]