Westervelde is a village in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 and it is part of the Noordenveld

Noordenveld

Noordenveld is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.- Population centres :Altena, Alteveer, Amerika, Boerelaan, De Horst, De Pol, Een, Een-West, Foxwolde, Huis ter Heide, Langelo, Leutingewolde, Lieveren, Matsloot, Nietap, Nieuw-Roden, Norg, Norgervaart, Peest, Peize, Peizermade,...

 municipality in Drenthe

Drenthe

Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany to the east.-History:Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has been a...

. Westervelde has an altitude of about 8 meters.

History

Westervelde was named in 1486. Around 1800, Westervelde was the largest area in the village of Norg, and was the site of the town hall, where mayor Tonckens lived. The city hall, lain at the Highway, is now a small hotel and restaurant, and is still owned by the Tonckens family. Until 1998, Westervelde was an independent administrative area from the municipality of Norg. Since, 1998 Westervelde has been part of the of the new municipality Noordenveld. Westervelde is the sight of a neolithic burial site called hunebed D2 and the Norgerholt, one of the oldest forests in the Netherlands.