# Schoonloo

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Schoonloo
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Schoonloo.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoonloo
> Source revision: 1349041023
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Schoonloo** is a village in the [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) province of [Drenthe](/source/Drenthe), Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of [Aa en Hunze](/source/Aa_en_Hunze), and lies about 14 km southeast of [Assen](/source/Assen).

The village was first mentioned in 1328 as Gherard Sconelo. Even though it seemingly reads "beautiful forest", the etymology in unclear.[2] Schoonloo developed in the Middle Ages on the highest point of the Rolderrug as a satellite of [Rolde](/source/Rolde). It mainly consisted of some farms who used the heath as a communal land for their sheep.[3]

Schoonloo was home to 85 people in 1840.[3]

## References

1. ["Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021"](https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls). *Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

1. ["Schoonloo - (geografische naam)"](https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/schoonloo) (in Dutch). *Etymologiebank*. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

1. ["Schoonloo"](https://www.plaatsengids.nl/schoonloo) (in Dutch). *Plaatsengids*. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Schoonloo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoonloo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoonloo?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.