{{short description|Village in Drenthe, Netherlands}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Exloo | image_skyline = Exloo, The Netherlands.jpg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Drenthe | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Borger-Odoorn <!-- | image_map = LocatieBorger-Odoorn.png --> | image_map1 = Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Exloo.png | map_caption1 = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Exloo in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn | image_map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = {{Coord|52|53|N|6|52|E|type:city(1328)|display=inline, title}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7875AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 11 April 2022 }}</ref> | elevation_m = 17 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 18.71 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{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=11 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 1,665 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 7875<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0591 }}
'''Exloo''' (Low German: Eksel) is a village in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands, part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. It lies about 12 km north of Emmen.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1376 as "tot Exle", and means "forest of the oak trees".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/exloo |title=Exloo - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Exloo is an ''esdorp'' which developed in the Middle Ages probably from Odoorn. It has three ''essen'' (communal pastures), but no church.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0037.php |title=Exloo |author=Ronald Stenvert |page=61 |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref> The peat in the raised bog near Exloo was excavated around 1800. In 1850, it turned into an industry and excavation villages such as 1e Exloërmond and 2e Exloërmond were established.<ref name="plaats"/>
Exloo was home to 570 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/exloo |title=Exloo |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
In 2010, LOFAR, a low frequency radio telescope, opened near Exloo. There are 6 stations in Exloo with a 18 stations within a 2 kilometre radius, and a further 28 in eight European countries. The set up will give LOFAR a resolution comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lofar.bg/what-is-lofar/ |title=What is LOFAR |website=Lofar.bg |access-date=11 April 2022 }}</ref>
The ''hunebed'' dolmen {{ill|D30 (dolmen)|nl|D30 (hunebed)|lt=D30}} used to have four capstones, however one is missing. Unless the others which are placed east-west, it is placed north-south. In 1918, it was explored by Albert Egges van Giffen. There were five floors underneath, and you could stand up straight in the first part of the grave underneath.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunebedden.nl/d30.htm |title=D30 in boswachterij Exloo |website=Hunebedden |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> D31 is also located in Exloo, but it is a mess of scattered stone. In 1822, the stones were still in their place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunebedden.nl/d31.htm |title=D31 in Hunzebos tussen Exloo en Valthe |website=Hunebedden |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> Image:Molenveld, Exloo, The Netherlands.jpg|Molenveld heath, near Exloo File:Bebinghehoes Exloo.jpg|Farm in Exloo File:Halteplaats Exloo.jpg|Former train station building File:Borger-Odoorn Exloo - Bodenpad - D30 03 ies.jpg|''Hunebed'' (dolmen) D30 </gallery>
==References== <references/>
{{Borger-Odoorn town}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Drenthe Category:Borger-Odoorn