| Weiteveen | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Emmen |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 17 |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.53 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1,670 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 7765 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0591 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Transport |
| Coordinates: | 52.6667°N 7°W |
Weiteveen is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe.
Weiteveen started in the 1850s by Hannoverian settlers who settled in the Amsterdamscheveld.[3] They built sod houses, started excavating the peat, and planting buckwheat on the burnt fields.[4] In 1919, the Mary Queen of Peace Church was built in the village.[3] In 1924, a protestant settlement appeared. Up to 1954, the area was known as Nieuw-Schoonebekerveld.[4] In 1954, the border between Emmen and Schoonebeek was redrawn, and the two settlements merged as Weiteveen. The name is a combination of buckwheat and bog.[4] [5]
In 1925, the tabernacle of the Mary Queen of Peace Church was stolen. Money was raised among the Catholics in the Netherlands to buy a new tabernacle. A week later, the stolen item was discovered in the moorland.[6] [7] A chapel has been constructed at the site where the tabernacle was found.[3]