Zweeloo

Zweeloo
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province Drenthe
Municipality Coevorden

Zweeloo is a village in the municipality of Coevorden, located in the province of Drenthe, The Netherlands.

Zweeloo was a separate municipality from 1819 to 1998, when it was merged with Coevorden.[1]

Monuments

The rural church of Zweeloo was erected in 1252. On a one day trip from Veenoord, in November 1883, Vincent van Gogh brushed a well-known sketch of this church, a sheppard with his flock in the foreground.

References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]

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