Deurze

Deurze is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 4 km southeast of Assen.

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Settlement.name: Deurze
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Deurze 2018 2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Deurze (2018)
Settlement.motto: <!--
Settlement.image_map: LocatieAaEnHunze.png
Settlement.map_caption: -->
Settlement.image_map1: Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Deurze.png
Settlement.map_caption1: Deurze in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Drenthe
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality

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postal code: 9457
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Deurze is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 4 km southeast of Assen.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1259 as "curtem Durse". The etymology is unclear. In 1258, awarded former possessions of the monastery , who moved to Assen, to Hako Stevenzoon van Hardenberg. The lands would become known as Deurze. There was a wind mill, however it was destroyed by Christoph Bernhard von Galen, the Prince-Bishop of Münster in 1672 who had built a sconce near the village for his failed invasion of the Netherlands.