Zweeloo Explained

Zweeloo
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Drenthe
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Coevorden
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
Coordinates:52.7936°N 6.7303°W

Zweeloo is a village in the municipality of Coevorden, located in the province of Drenthe, in northeastern Netherlands.

Zweeloo was a separate municipality from 1819 to 1998, when it was merged with Coevorden.[1] Zweeloo is known for its Reformed Church that was built back in 13th century.

Monuments

The rural church of Zweeloo was erected in 1252. On a one-day trip from Veenoord, in November 1883, Vincent van Gogh brushed a well-known sketch of this church with a shepherd with his flock in the foreground.

In 1952 sand extraction revealed an early medieval cemetery near the village, where archaeologists found the grave of an apparent noblewoman known as the Princess of Zweeloo, with glass and amber beads.[2] [3]

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Web site: Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812-2006 . December 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 . February 20, 2007 .
  2. Web site: The Zweeloo princess . . 1 June 2019.
  3. Book: Van Es . W.A. . Lodewijckx . Marc . Archaeological and historical aspects of West-European societies . 1996 . Leuven UP . 9789061867227 . 263 . https://books.google.com/books?id=2NAAS5jBI-IC&dq=zweeloo%20princess&pg=PA263 . Zweeloo and Montaillou.