Veenoord
| province |
 Drenthe
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| local community |
 Emmen
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Area - land - water |
4.85 km 2 4.8 km 2 0.05 km 2 |
| Residents | 2,180 (Jan 1, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 43 ' N , 6 ° 51' E |
| Important traffic route |
 
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| prefix | 0591 |
| Postcodes | 7844 |
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Veenoord is a place in the municipality of Emmen in the Dutch province of Drenthe . Until the municipality reform in 1998, Veenoord belonged to the then independent municipality Sleen . Together with the immediately adjacent town of Nieuw-Amsterdam , Veenoord is referred to as a twin village ( Dutch tweelingdorp ).
location
Veenoord is located on the western edge of the municipality of Emmen, about 6 kilometers south of the village is the German-Dutch border. Rijksweg 37 runs north of the village . The Hoogeveense Vaart canal runs through the village .
Veenoord is on the Zwolle – Stadskanaal railway line . The station building, which was first erected in 1905, is a specialty: although this is located on Veenoorder Flur, the exit leads over the municipal boundary to Nieuw Amsterdam. The official name of the station is also "Nieuw Amsterdam".
Neighboring places
| Holsloot | Ermerveen | Barger-Erfscheidenveen |
| The hool |
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Nieuw-Amsterdam |
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Dalerveen Schimmelarij |
Stieltjeskanaal | Zandpol |
history
Veenoord was founded around 1859. The place name refers to the typical moor landscape for the province of Drente ( Veen = Fenn ). Unlike many of the surrounding villages, Veenord was not founded by peat cutters , but was created as a workers' settlement during the construction of the Hoogeveense Vaart canal .
The peat industry settled mainly in neighboring Nieuw-Amsterdam and helped the area to flourish. In the course of time, Veenoord and Nieuw-Amsterdam grew closer and closer together, both spatially and economically, which ultimately earned the towns the nickname twin village.
During the Second World War , 41 Jewish residents from Veenoord and Nieuw-Amsterdam were murdered. In 2012, a total of 12 stumbling blocks were laid in both villages to commemorate her .
Attractions
The Van Gogh Huis is located directly on the border between Veenoord and Nieuw-Amsterdam . The painter Vincent van Gogh lived in this house, which is still used as an inn today, between October and December 1883 . Its accommodation at the time is open to the public as a museum.
The Nooitgedacht windmill is located on the Hoogeveense Vaart canal . The mill was built in 1861 as Veenoord's first village mill and is accessible as a museum. The windmill was extensively renovated in 2004 and 2005.
Sports
Motorcycle racing events have been held at the Veenoord Speedway since 1954 .
In Veenoord and Nieuw-Amsterdam there is a joint football club, the SV Twedo (Sportvereniging Tweelingdorp, German sports association Zwillingsdorf ). The team's home games are played in the Veenoord sports park.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on September 11, 2018 (Dutch)
- ^ Station Nieuw Amsterdam. stationsweb.nl, accessed on June 7, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Verhalen over Nieuw-Amsterdam / Veenoord. Dorpsarchief Nieuw-Amsterdam / Veenoord, accessed on June 7, 2018 (Dutch).
- ^ Christoph Beyer: Emsland and the county of Bentheim . Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2017, ISBN 978-3-8392-5444-8 , pp. 133 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Molen Nooitgedacht. Veenvart.nl, accessed June 7, 2018 .
- ↑ history. Speedway Veenoord, accessed June 7, 2018 (Dutch).