Oude Willem | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Westerveld - Oude Willem.png |
Map Caption1: | Oude Willem 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 |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Westerveld |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Ooststellingwerf |
Coordinates: | 52.8925°N 6.3097°W |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8439 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0521 |
Oude Willem (Low Saxon: Olde Willem) is a hamlet in the Dutch provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. It lays within the municipalities of Westerveld and Ooststellingwerf. Oude Willem lies about 21 km southwest of Assen.[1]
Oude Willem (Old William) is named a 19th century shepherd who used the heath for grazing. There are about 15 houses on the Frisian side, and 10 on the Drenthe side.[2]
There is a monument for the crew of the bomber Halifax B11. W231 who were shot down on 22 November 1943, and crashed in Oude Willem.[3]