Nijensleek
Nijensleek is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 5 km north of Steenwijk.
The village was first mentioned in 1402 as Nyensleker bure, and means "new natural stream". Nijensleek is a road village which developed in the Late Middle Ages as a peat excavation settlement.
Nijensleek was home to 363 people in 1840. In 1934, a Reformed Church was built as an aisleless church with ridge turret.
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 8383EA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Nijensleek - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Ronald Stenvert (2001). Nijensleek (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9454 3. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Nijensleek". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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