Amsterdamscheveld

Amsterdamscheveld

province	Drenthe
local community	Emmen
Area  - land  - water	0.56  km 2 0.54 km 2 0.02 km 2
Residents	200 (Jan. 1, 2018)
Coordinates	52 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 55 ′  E
prefix	0591
Postcodes	7887
Location of Amsterdamscheveld in the municipality of Emmen

Amsterdamscheveld is a district of Erica in the municipality of Emmen in the Dutch province of Drenthe .

geography

Amsterdamscheveld is located in the south-western part of the municipality of Emmen on the connection road from Erica to Schoonebeek, about 4.5 kilometers south of the German-Dutch border. The Dommerskanaal flows through the village.

Neighboring places

Nieuw-Amsterdam	Erica	Barger-Oosterveen
Zandpol		Weiteveen
Schoonebeek	Oosterse Bos	Nieuw-Schoonebeek

history

In the middle of the 19th century, investors from Amsterdam , the Drentsche Landontginning Maatschappij ( German  Land Development Company Drente ), bought a moor area and named it the Amsterdamsche Veld after their hometown . In the first few years the area was used for hunting. The company was managed by Lodewijk Dommers, after which the Dommerskanaal was named. In 1909 the Griendtsveen peat factory bought the land. A settlement for the workers of the factory was built on the Dommerskanaal, which was named Amsterdamscheveld.

park

In 1985 the Griendtsveenpark was opened in Amsterdamscheveld. The facility was built on the initiative of residents, the neighborhood and interest group “de Peel” and local companies. The park is home to various animals such as sheep, chickens, deer, ponies and peacocks. The park has been managed by the Griendtsveenpark Foundation since 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on September 10, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ^ MAW Gerding: Four centuries peat digging in the north of the Netherland 1550-1950 . In: Afdeling Agrarian Geschiedenis . tape 35 . Wageningen University, 1995, p. 253 ff . (Dutch).
3. ^ Amsterdamscheveld. Geheugen van Drenthe, accessed June 15, 2018 (Dutch). 
4. ↑ Griendtsveenpark Amsterdamscheveld. (No longer available online.) Griendtsveenpark Foundation, archived from the original on June 15, 2018 ; Retrieved June 15, 2018 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.