Amsweer

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| subdivision_name2 = 23px Eemsdelta

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| subdivision_name3 = Meedhuizen

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|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 8 September 2023}}

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Amsweer ({{IPA|nl|ɑmsˈʋeːr}}) is a hamlet on a small wierde in the municipality of Eemsdelta in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, just south of the Eems Canal.

There used to be a drinking water pond on the wierde that never dried up. There were three brick wells in that pond, which were called the {{lang|nl|zusterputten}} ('sister wells') or {{lang|nl|jufferputten}} ('damsel wells'). These wells provided drinking water, which was particularly welcome in dry summers when the water in the surrounding ditches began to salinize. Three single ladies who lived in a house together are said to have built the wells. There was a small school building near the wells around 1820. The wells were filled in in 1911. Despite its small size, Amsweer was a busy hamlet in the 19th century. There were carpentries, carriage factories, and glass-bending factories.{{Cite book |title=Aardrijkskundig Woordenboek van Nederland |last=Witkamp |first=P.H. |page=1508 |publisher=Gebr. E. & M. Cohen |location=Arnhem/Nijmegen |year=1877}}

The wierde is first mentioned as Omptsweer (1448) and Amptesweer (1449), perhaps in the meaning 'the mound of the office (here apparently: the Oosterambt of Fivelingo)'.{{Cite book |title=Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Gerald |last2=Samplonius |first2=Kees |year=2018 |ISBN=9789463679176 |publisher=Mijnbestseller.nl |language=nl}}

The country estate or borg of Vliethoven is located about 2 kilometers north of Amsweer, in the {{ill|Tuikwerd|nl}} district. Due to the presence of the Eems Canal, the country estate can only be reached from Amsweer via a long detour via {{ill|Opwierde|nl}}.

{{panorama|image=File:Amsweer vanaf de Holeweg.jpg||height=120|caption=Amsweer from the southeast}}