Coevorden


Coevorden is a city and municipality in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. During the 1998 municipal reorganisation in the province, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo, retaining its name. In August 2017, it had a population of 35,267.

Etymology

The name Coevorden means "cow ford " or "cow crossing", similar to Bosporus or Oxford.
in December 1672, as part of the Franco-Dutch War.

History

Coevorden received city rights in 1408. It is the oldest city in the province of Drenthe.
The city was captured from the Spanish in 1592 by a Dutch and English force under the command of Maurice, Prince of Orange. The following year it was besieged by a Spanish force but the city held out until its relief in May 1594. Coevorden was then reconstructed in the early seventeenth century to an ideal city design, similar to Palmanova. The streets were laid out in a radial pattern within polygonal fortifications and extensive outer earthworks.
The city of Coevorden may have indirectly given its name to the city of Vancouver, which is named after the 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver. The explorer's ancestors may have originally come to England "from Coevorden". There is also a family of nobility with the surname van Coeverden, sometimes spelled with a K.

Geography

Coervorden is located at in the south of the province of Drenthe in the east of the Netherlands.
The population centres in the municipality are:
Coevorden is twinned with:

Transportation

There are two railway station in the municipality: