# Dwingeloo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dwingeloo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dwingeloo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwingeloo > Source revision: 1347216670 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{For|the two galaxies named after the [Dwingeloo Radio Observatory](/source/Dwingeloo_Radio_Observatory)|Dwingeloo 1|Dwingeloo 2}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dwingeloo | settlement_type = Village | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = nl | official_name = | image_skyline = Dwingeloo St. Nicolaaskerk 20051113.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Sint Nicolaaskerk | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Westerveld - Dwingelo.png | map_caption1 = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Dwingeloo in the municipality of Westerveld. | pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Drenthe | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) | subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands) | subdivision_name1 = [Drenthe](/source/Drenthe) | subdivision_type2 = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Netherlands) | subdivision_name2 = [Westerveld](/source/Westerveld) | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | coordinates = {{coord|52|50|4|N|6|22|14|E|region:NL_type:city(2430)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7991AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 12 April 2022 }} | elevation_m = 10 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 19.16 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=12 April 2022 |quote=two entries}} | population_total = 2,580 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands) | postal_code = 7991 | area_code_type = [Dialing code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands) | area_code = 0521 }} '''Dwingeloo''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdʋɪŋəloː|lang}}) is a village halfway between [Meppel](/source/Meppel) and [Assen](/source/Assen) in the [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) province of [Drenthe](/source/Drenthe). It is a part of the municipality of [Westerveld](/source/Westerveld). The village is known internationally because of the radio telescope of the [Dwingeloo Radio Observatory](/source/Dwingeloo_Radio_Observatory) (which at the time of its completion in 1956 was the largest radio telescope in the world), located on the edge of the Dwingeloo Heath, 3 km south of the village. The telescope discovered [Dwingeloo 1](/source/Dwingeloo_1) and [Dwingeloo 2](/source/Dwingeloo_2), two galaxies about 10 million light-years away from the Earth in the [constellation](/source/constellation) [Cassiopeia](/source/Cassiopeia_(constellation)). == History == The village was first mentioned in 1181 as Twingelo. The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/dwingeloo |title=Dwingeloo |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=nl}} Dwingeloo is an ''[esdorp](/source/esdorp)'' which developed in the Early Middle Ages. The church is located on the north side of a large village square which contained a drinking water pool.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0027.php |title=Dwingeloo |author=Ronald Stenvert |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=12 April 2022}} The Dutch Reformed church was built in the 15th century as a replacement of the medieval church which had a detached tower. The union shaped crown has been placed on top the tower in 1631 after the old spire had collapsed. The church was damaged by a village fire in 1923, and was restored between 1923 and 1925. The ''[havezate](/source/havezate)'' (manor house) Westrup is one of the four ''havezates'' of Dwingeloo, and the only one which has remained intact. It was built around 1600, and enlarged in 1740. It received a [neoclassic](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) facade and an extra floor in 1870. Between 1984 and 1986, it was restored and is used as an office building. Dwingeloo was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Westerveld.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} == Gallery == File:Dwingelderveld, de radiotelescoop foto5 2016-04-09 11.32.jpg|Dwingelderveld, the radio telescope File:Overzicht van de voorgevel met bordes onder lessenaarsdak - Dwingeloo - 20534067 - RCE.jpg|Former town hall File:28eenvoudigewoning.jpg|Little farm in Dwingeloo File:Aldidwingeloo.jpg|Supermarket ==References== {{commons category|position=left}} {{Westerveld-town}} {{Authority control}} Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998 Category:Populated places in Drenthe Category:Former municipalities of Drenthe Category:Westerveld --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dwingeloo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwingeloo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwingeloo?action=history)). 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