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Stories
Stories that take you back in Drenthe
Learn about the different periods and events in the history of Drenthe. Read the stories and be amazed by the rich history of this wonderful province.
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BogsPeaty bogs are just as typical for Drenthe as the 'hunebedden' or dolmens. Several centuries ago, Drenthe was covered by expansive bogs. Early, the locals...
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Burial MoundsTypical for the sandy landscape of Drenthe are the many burial mounds. These slopes in the landscape of between 5 and 25 metres in width and up to 2.5...
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Dwingeloo (astronomy)After World War Two, interest in our galaxy grows. In 1954, astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort comes up with the initiative to build a giant radio telescope to...
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Society of BenevolenceAt the start of the 19th century, the Netherlands is in a sorry state. After years of French rule, the country now suffers terrible poverty. A third of...
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Max LiebermannMax Liebermann is a German painter and graphic artist. He was born in Berlin on 20 July 1847 and studied at the Weimar art academy. Over the course of...
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Van GoghVincent van Gogh is one of the most famous painters the Netherlands has ever known. Van Gogh only decided he wanted to paint when he was 27 years old....
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Brinkdorpen and EsdorpenSpread across the landscape of Drenthe, you'll find dozens of so-called 'brinkdorpen' and 'esdorpen', also known as angerdörfer. The oldest villages date...
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Drentsche AaThe Drentsche Aa is an ancient system of streams in Drenthe. It is one of the few stream systems in the country that has barely been influenced by mankind....
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Free Colonies of BenevolenceTwo hundred years ago, Johannes van den Bosch founded the Society of Benevolence. The goal of the society is to house poor families, beggars, and vagrants...
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Lukis en DrydenLukis and Dryden are two Brithish researches who travelled to Drenthe for three weeks in 1878 to study and chart the dolmens there. They did so at the...
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Drenthe SheepSheep have been kept in Drenthe since 4000 BCE. That makes the Drenthe Heath sheep the oldest breed of sheep on the mainland of Western Europe. What makes...
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Tourist TrophyOn 1 July 1925, the Motorcycle club Assen en Omstreken organises the first edition of the 'Tourist Trophy', a 28.4-kilometre motorcycle race through Drenthe....
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Peat ColoniesIn east Drenthe and around Hoogeveen, you can find the peat colonies. They start forming in the 18th century and arise on a larger scale after 1850. That...
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DolmensSpread across Northwestern Europe, you can find impressive tombs that were built between 5000 and 3000 BCE. They were constructed using enormous boulders...
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Unfree Colonies of BenevolenceIn the early 19th century, the Society of Benevolence founded several free Colonies where the poor were given opportunities to build a better life. An...
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'Hannekenmaaiers'The term ‘Hannekenmaaiers’ refers to the many German seasonal workers who worked in the peat industry in Drenthe between the 17th and 19th century. The...
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Johannes van den BoschJohannes van den Bosch (1780-1844) served as a lieutenant colonel during the Batavian-French period in the Dutch East Indies. He was the co-founder of...
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Naoberschap'Naoberschap', literally translated as 'neighbourliness' is a typical trait of Drenthe culture. It simply means that neighbours or fellow villagers support...
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The Formation of the Modern LandscapeAfter the Second World War, the landscape in Drenthe is bare. The bogs and peat areas have disappeared as a result of the peat extractions during the second...
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John en Dorothy KeurIn 1952 a married couple from New York arrives in Drenthe; Dorothy and John Keur. They chose the village of Anderen to conduct a year-long anthropological...
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Celtic fieldsCeltic fields are a remarkable remnant from the Iron Age. They were built around 700 BCE and use of them continued until the second century. They used...
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Yde GirlThe Yde Girl is the most famous bog body in the Netherlands. She was discovered in the peat in May of 1897 by two turf cutters from Drenthe who were working...
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Drents PlateauThe Drents Plateau is a plateau in Drenthe that's about ten to twenty metres above sea level. Parts of the plateau reached Groningen and Friesland. Roughly...
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Ellert and Brammert“Ellert and Brammert” tells the story of two thieving giants who are said to have terrorised Drenthe four centuries ago. While there are different versions...
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Pesse CanoeIn 1955 motorway A28 was being constructed in Drenthe. During excavations, an old piece of wood was extracted from the peat south of the village of Pesse....
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Administrative DrentheFrom the 14th century on, the 'boermarke', also called 'buurschap' formed the most important institution of life in Drenthe. These boermarken were autonomous...
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BoerhoornFor centuries the 'boerhoorn' (farmer's horn) was an important instrument in the daily lives of the people of Drenthe. It was used by the 'boerrigter',...
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Urbanisation and ProsperityThe peat extraction between the 16th and 19th century brought in a lot of money; turf was the new gold. Drenthe's population grew rapidly. Many labourers...
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Camp WesterborkIn 1939 the Central Refugee Camp Westerbork is built in the municipality of Westerbork in Drenthe. Initially, this 'Camp Westerbork' served as a refugee...
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Berend Botje‘Berend Botje ging uit varen met zijn scheepje naar Zuidlaren, de weg was recht, de weg was krom, nooit kwam Berend Botje weerom’ ("Berend Botje went out...
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Lady LebbeOnce, at the spot where the Schaapdijk and the Veldweg meet, an old farmer woman named Lady Lebbe died. Some say it happened because she was carrying money...