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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Odoorn
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
| image_skyline           = Odoorn Library.jpg
| image_caption           = The library in 2007
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Drenthe]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Borger-Odoorn]]
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position  =
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of [[Drenthe]] in the Netherlands
| coordinates             = {{Coord|52|51|N|6|51|E|type:city(1618)|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7873AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 11 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 24
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 13.81
| area_land_km2           =
| area_water_km2          =
| established_title       =
| established_date        =
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1,890
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      =
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 7873<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0591
}}
'''Odoorn''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈoːdoːr(ə)n}}) is a village in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Drenthe]]. It is a part of the municipality of [[Borger-Odoorn]], and lies about nine km north of [[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]].
== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1327 as "Remboldus in Oderen". It is assumed it means "settlement of the people of Odheri (person)", because older forms often used the suffix [[-ing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/odoorn |title=Odoorn - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Odoorn is an ''[[esdorp]]'' which developed in the Early Middle Ages on the [[Hondsrug]] along the road from [[Groningen]] to [[Coevorden]]. In the 13th century, a daughter church of [[Anloo]] was established in the village, and it developed into the central settlement for the satellites [[Valthe]] and [[Exloo]].<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0070.php |title=Odoorn |author=Ronald Stenvert |page=61 |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref>
The Dutch Reformed church was built around 1200 and is built using many large stones. Some of the stones have probably been taken from nearby ''hunebedden'' ([[dolmen]]). The church suffered a collapse in 1634. It was extensively modified between 1856 and 1857. In 1897, it was restored after a fire.<ref name="monument"/><ref name="plaats"/>
The ''hunebed'' ([[dolmen]]) {{ill|D32 (dolmen)|nl|D32 (hunebed)|lt=D32}} is located near Odoorn. It is still half buried in the ground. It used to have five capstones, however one has gone missing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunebedden.nl/d32.htm |title=D32 - Odoorn |website=Hunebedden |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Odoorn was home to 348 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/odoorn |title=Odoorn |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> On 22 July 1945, three children were playing with left-over German ammunition, and they were killed when the ammunition exploded. In 1997, a memorial was placed at the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.4en5mei.nl/oorlogsmonumenten/zoeken/593/odoorn-monument-in-de-boswachterij-odoorn |title=Odoorn, monument in de boswachterij Odoorn |website=4 en 5 mei |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Odoorn was a separate municipality until 1998, when it merged with [[Borger, Netherlands|Borger]].<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>
==Festivals==
Odoorn hosts the multi-culture festival {{ill|SIVO International Folkloristic Dans festival|nl|SIVO Wereld Dans en Muziek Festival}}.<ref name="plaats"/>
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Overzicht Vatherweg, ter hoogte van nummer 3. Achter de bomen en elektriciteitshuisje ligt de kerk - Odoorn - 20372074 - RCE.jpg|Street view
File:Overzicht Boshof ter hoogte van nummer 1. Achter de bomen ligt de kerk - Odoorn - 20372076 - RCE.jpg|Village pub
File:D32 met enkele (restanten van) dekstenen die op de grond liggen.jpg|''Hunebed'' (dolmen) D32
File:Odoorn NH kerk 2008.jpg|Dutch Reformed church
</gallery>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Odoorn}}
{{Borger-Odoorn town}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998]]
[[Category:Populated places in Drenthe]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Drenthe]]
[[Category:Borger-Odoorn]]