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Weusten (also: Wösten ) is a region on the German - Dutch border in the county of Bentheim . Adjacent villages are Emlichheim , Laar , Hoogstede on the German and Coevorden and Schoonebeek on the Dutch side. The predominant language is a very strong borrowed the Dutch language Low German .

Weusten is separated from the neighboring Dutch municipality of Nieuw-Schoonebeek in the north by the river Aa ; the southern border to the municipalities of Emlichheim, Volzel andringen is formed by the Coevorden-Piccardie Canal.

The first inhabitants lived in so-called Booen . Boo is the local name for cattle shed. A boo called Wilhelms-Boo can be seen in Neuw-Schoonebeek.

At the beginning of the 20th century, some of the larger farms in Großringe sent the Boo masters together with their cattle to the Booen (analogous to the Almauftrieb ). The cattle stayed with the Booen all year round.

Some farms that are still in use today have emerged from the Booen.

The Weusten region is strongly characterized by agriculture. The focus here is on potato cultivation for the Emsland starch located in Emlichheim . In addition, a large part of the areas for silage production is cultivated with maize and grass. On the local farms, the silage is mainly used for bull breeding and dairy farming.

The western part of Weusten is called Emlichheimer-Weusten . In this area, oil has been produced since 1945 from a deposit discovered two years earlier . The eastern part of Weusten is called Ringer-Weusten Großringer-Weusten Ringer-Wösten .

Weusten was a restricted military area during the war. Due to the price gap between Germany and Holland, the smuggling of trade goods was very pronounced. Coffee and cigarettes, for example, have long been considered phantom currencies. The Aalmink Bridge border crossing was controlled by customs and the Federal Border Guard until the early 1980s.