Weustenrade is a hamlet in the municipality of Voerendaal of the province Limburg, Netherlands. It is located near Hoensbroek, Voerendaal and Klimmen.
Weustenrade | |
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Hamlet | |
 Farm in Weustenrade | |
  Weustenrade Location in the Netherlands  Weustenrade Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′N 5°55′E / 50.900°N 5.917°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Municipality | Voerendaal |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.12 km2 (0.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 230 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6343[1] |
| Dialing code | 045 |
The village was first mentioned in 1420 as Woestenroede, and means "desolate cultivated forest".[3] It was home to 105 people in 1840.[4]
There are still several old seventeenth-century houses, among which the 'oliemolen' (oilmill).[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6343AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Weustenrade - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Weustenrade". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Conrad collection on Dutch waterways: Tijdschrift Uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter Bevordering van Nijverheid 1878 (1878). 1878. p. 74.
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