Ter Wisch

Ter Wisch
Hamlet
Farm in Ter Wisch
Ter Wisch Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°54′50″N 7°5′55″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Westerwolde
Area [1]
• Total	22.83 km^2 (8.81 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	310
• Density	14/km^2 (35/sq mi)
Postal code	9561[1]
Dialing code	0599

Ter Wisch is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 20 km northeast of Emmen.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1474 as de wisck, and means "wet pasture which often gets flooded in winter".^[3] The postal authorities have placed it under Ter Apel.^[4] Ter Wisch has place name signs. It was home to 29 people in 1840.^[5]

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 9561AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
3. "Ter Wisch - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
4. "Postcode 9561 in Ter Apel". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
5. "Ter Wisch". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.

External links

• Media related to Ter Wisch at Wikimedia Commons