Gieten

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Gieten
Flag of the place Gieten
flag 		Coat of arms of the place Gieten
coat of arms
province Drenthe Drenthe
local community Flag of the municipality of Aa en Hunze Aa en hunze
Area
 - land
 - water 		24.74  km 2
24.63 km 2
0.11 km 2
Residents 5,035 (Jan 1, 2018)
Coordinates 53 ° 0 ′  N , 6 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′  N , 6 ° 46 ′  E
Important traffic route N33 N34
prefix 0599
Postcodes 9403, 9407, 9461-9462
Website Gieten website
Location of Gieten in the municipality of Aa en Hunze
Location of Gieten in the municipality of Aa en HunzeTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map

Gieten is a place in the Dutch province of Drenthe . The formerly independent municipality has been part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze since the merger with Rolde, Gasselte and Anloo since 1998 ; their municipal administration is located in Gieten.

Gieten is known for the annual cyclocross race Veldrit Gieten .

politics

Until the dissolution of the municipality, the following distribution of seats in the municipal council resulted from 1982

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1994
PvdA 4th 4th 5 4th
Progressive Gemeente Gieten a 1 1 -
Community concerns 1 2 2 3
VVD 3 3 3 3
CDA 2 1 1 1
Lijst Brink - - - 0
total 11 11 11 11
aIn the municipal council elections in 1982, the Progressief Gemeente Gieten party ran as "Lijst Paternotte".

reformed Church

Gieten, Reformed Church

The place of interest (in the center) is the reformed church ( Hervormde Kerk ) from the 17th century. The tower was raised in 1804 and the nave was rebuilt in 1849. Noteworthy in terms of furnishings are the baptismal font , the pulpit from the 17th century, the church stalls carved from oak wood from the 18th century, the organ from 1894 created by the organ builder family Lambertus van Dam and Sons in Leeuwarden and two bells from 1520 and 1565.

Since 1965 the church has been listed as a Rijksmonument .

Web links

Commons : Gieten  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 , Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on 6 September 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on September 6, 2018 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Rijksmonument No. 16127 and Rijksmonument No. 16128 , accessed on October 4, 2018.