Nieuweroord

Nieuweroord is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, municipality of Hoogeveen. The village had 985 inhabitants as of January 1, 2021. Nieuweroord is a peat colony that originally consisted of ribbon development along the Middenraai. At the end of that, near the Verlengde Hoogeveense Vaart, a small new housing area has emerged. For a long time, it was a divided village: it was located in the municipality of Westerbork but was fully oriented towards Hoogeveen. It has no affinity with the sandy village of Westerbork. This is also evident from the fact that, like the surrounding peat villages, it has a Calvinistic character in a church context, while in Westerbork, it is mostly liberal. Therefore, during the municipal reorganization on January 1, 1998, it was decided to include the village in Hoogeveen. However, the northernmost part of the ribbon development went with Westerbork to the new municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

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