# Exloo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Exloo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Exloo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exloo > Source revision: 1348916831 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Village in Drenthe, Netherlands}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Exloo | image_skyline = Exloo, The Netherlands.jpg | 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 = [Borger-Odoorn](/source/Borger-Odoorn) | 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 = {{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 }} | elevation_m = 17 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 18.71 | 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=11 April 2022}} | population_total = 1,665 | 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 = 7875 | area_code_type = [Dialing code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands) | area_code = 0591 }} '''Exloo''' ([Low German](/source/Low_German): Eksel) is a village in the [province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands) of [Drenthe](/source/Drenthe), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), part of the [municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Netherlands) of [Borger-Odoorn](/source/Borger-Odoorn). It lies about 12 km north of [Emmen](/source/Emmen%2C_Netherlands). == History == The village was first mentioned in 1376 as "tot Exle", and means "forest of the [oak](/source/oak) trees".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/exloo |title=Exloo - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}} Exloo is an ''[esdorp](/source/esdorp)'' which developed in the Middle Ages probably from [Odoorn](/source/Odoorn). It has three ''essen'' (communal pastures), but no church.{{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}} The [peat](/source/peat) in the [raised bog](/source/raised_bog) near Exloo was excavated around 1800. In 1850, it turned into an industry and excavation villages such as [1e Exloërmond](/source/1e_Exlo%C3%ABrmond) and [2e Exloërmond](/source/2e_Exlo%C3%ABrmond) were established. Exloo was home to 570 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/exloo |title=Exloo |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}} In 2010, [LOFAR](/source/Low-Frequency_Array_(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](/source/Hubble_Space_Telescope).{{cite web|url=https://lofar.bg/what-is-lofar/ |title=What is LOFAR |website=Lofar.bg |access-date=11 April 2022 }} The ''hunebed'' [dolmen](/source/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](/source/Albert_Egges_van_Giffen). There were five floors underneath, and you could stand up straight in the first part of the grave underneath.{{cite web|url=http://www.hunebedden.nl/d30.htm |title=D30 in boswachterij Exloo |website=Hunebedden |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}} D31 is also located in Exloo, but it is a mess of scattered stone. In 1822, the stones were still in their place.{{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}} == 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 ==References== {{Borger-Odoorn town}} {{Authority control}} Category:Populated places in Drenthe Category:Borger-Odoorn --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Exloo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exloo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exloo?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.