De Wolden
{{Infobox settlement
| name = De Wolden
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Boerderij Commissieweg de Wijk.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Monumental farmhouse in De Wijk
| image_flag = Flag of De Wolden.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Coat of arms of De Wolden.svg
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt =
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1690 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of De Wolden in a municipal map of Drenthe
| map_caption = Location in Drenthe
| coordinates = {{coord|52|40|N|6|26|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1 January 1998{{cite web
|url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/1998/default.htm
|title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998
|trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998
|language = Dutch
|website = cbs.nl
|publisher = CBS
|accessdate = 6 October 2013}}
| government_footnotes = {{cite web
|url=https://secure.dewolden.nl/politiek-organisatie/burgemeester-roger-de-groot_3278/
|title=Ronnie Dunning
|trans-title=Ronnie Dunning
|language=Dutch
|publisher=Gemeente De Wolden
|accessdate=6 October 2013
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170114/https://secure.dewolden.nl/politiek-organisatie/burgemeester-roger-de-groot_3278/
|archivedate=14 July 2014
}}
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party = PvdD
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Roger de Groot
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}
| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|De Wolden}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|De Wolden}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|De Wolden}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 7921GD
|trans-title=|language = Dutch
|author =
|date =
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|accessdate = 6 October 2013}}
| elevation_m = 12
| elevation_max_footnotes =
| elevation_max_m =
| elevation_min_footnotes =
| elevation_min_m =
| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|De Wolden}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|De Wolden}}
| population_demonym =
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = Parts of 7900 range
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0522, 0523, 0528
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.dewolden.nl}}
| footnotes =
}}
De Wolden ({{IPA|nl|də ˈʋɔldə(n)|-|Nl-De Wolden.oga}}) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.
Population centres
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
- Alteveer
- Anholt
- Ansen
- Armweide
- Bazuin
- Benderse
- Berghuizen
- Blijdenstein
- Bloemberg
- Braamberg
- Buitenhuizen
- Bultinge
- {{ill|Dijkhuizen, Netherlands|nl|Dijkhuizen (De Wolden)|lt=Dijkhuizen}}
- Dickninge
- Drogt
- {{ill|Drogteropslagen|nl}}
- Dunnigen
- Echten
- Eemten
- Engeland
- Eursinge
- {{ill|Fort, Netherlands|nl|Fort (De Wolden)|lt=Fort}}
- Gijsselte
- {{ill|Haakswold|nl}}
- Haalweide
- {{ill|Hees, Drenthe|nl|Hees (De Wolden)|lt=Hees}}
- Hoge Linthorst
- {{ill|Kerkenveld|nl}}
- Koekange
- {{ill|Koekangerveld|nl}}
- Kraloo
- Leeuwte
- {{ill|Linde, Netherlands|nl|Linde (De Wolden)|lt=Linde}}
- Lubbinge
- Lunssloten
- Middelveen
- Nolde
- {{ill|Oldenhave|nl|Oldenhave (buurtschap)}}
- {{ill|Oosteinde|nl|Oosteinde (De Wolden)}}
- Oosterwijk
- Oshaar
- Oud Veeningen
- De Oude Tol
- Paardelanden
- Pieperij
- Rheebruggen
- Ruinen
- {{ill|Ruinerweide|nl}}
- Ruinerwold
- Schottershuizen
- Schrapveen
- De Stapel
- Steenbergen
- Struikberg
- De Stuw
- Ten Arlo
- De Tippe
- {{ill|Veeningen|nl}}
- Vuile Riete
- {{ill|Weerwille|nl}}
- Wemmenhove
- De Wijk
- Witteveen
- Zuidwolde
}}
=Topography=
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of De Wolden, June 2015
Notable people
- Jan Evertsen Cloppenburgh (1571 in Ruinen – 1648) a Dutch publisher during the Dutch Golden Age
- Steven van Voorhees (1600 in Hees – 1684) an early Dutch settler in America
- Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen (1624 in Ruinen - 1679) a Dutch officer and fortification engineer
- Hendrikje Doelen (1784 in Oosterwijk – 1847) a Dutch serial killer
- Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk II (1818 in De Wijk – 1905) a Dutch politician and president of the senate 1874/1880
- Jan Hendrik de Boer (1899 in Ruinen – 1971) a Dutch physicist and chemist
- Jan Vayne (1966 in Zuidwolde) a Dutch pianist
- Korie Homan (born 1986 in de Wijk) a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics
Gallery
File:Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold.JPG|Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold
File:This house is a very, very, very fine house (6002092873).jpg|De Wildenberg at sunset, Zuidwolde
File:De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter.jpg|De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter
File:Huis te Echten.jpg|Huis te Echten
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.dewolden.nl Official website]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = De Wolden
|North = Westerveld
|Northeast =
|East = Hoogeveen
|Southeast = Hardenberg{{space}}(OV)
|South =
|Southwest = Staphorst{{space}}(OV)
|West = Meppel
|Northwest =
}}
{{Drenthe Province}}
{{Dutch municipality De Wolden}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Drenthe
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998
{{Drenthe-geo-stub}}