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Ravenswoud
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Ravenswoud () is a village consisting of about 400 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ravenswoud
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 260
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ravenswoud
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fochtloerveen.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View over Fochteloërveen from the watchtower near Ravenswoud
- Settlement.image_flag
- Ravenswoud vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Eaststellingwerf Ravenswâld.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Ooststellingwerf municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Friesland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ooststellingwerf
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
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Official website
Ravenswoud – Website voor het dorp Ravenswoud
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ravenswoud () is a village consisting of about 400 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands.
==History== Ravenswoud was founded as a peat-cutter settlement in 1850. Having this origin, the owners of the peat-rich earth hired workers to undo the soil of peat. In 1871 the first house was built and the first petition for a school came in 1881. After the first world war the population increased due to the building of houses by the local housing association. By relocating typically a-social families to here, the village got a bad reputation. Their decrepit houses were demolished around 1949 and the land was sold to the government or private buyers.
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