Nijeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Meppel, and lies about 5 km northwest of Meppel.
History The village was first mentioned in 1310 as "in Hesselrevene", and means "new bog". Nijeveen is a road village which started as a peat excavation settlement.
In 1477, a piece of land was purchased by the farmers in the centre of the hamlet to build a church and clergy house. The church was enlarged in 1627 and the 18th century. The tower dates shortly after 1477, but has a date of 1683 when it is probably restored or rebuilt.
Nijeveen was home to 390 people in 1840.
Since 1976 there is a German windmill named De Sterrenberg which has a cap winded by a fantail. Nijeveen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it was amalgamated with Meppel.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.
Notable people Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), ophthalmologist and geneticist, was born in Nijeveen.
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