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Ommen
Ommen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the Vechte, Vecht valley of the Salland region in Overijssel. Historical records first name Ommen in the early 12th century and it was officially founded as a city in 1248. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of . Population centres Besides the city of Ommen (population: 8,710) and the town of Lemele (population: 570), the municipality consists of the following hamlets and villages:Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS), January 1, 2006 History The emergence of Ommen The first inhabitants of the area around Ommen were probably semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers. Flint from the Mesolithic, Mesolithic period found in between Ommen and Hardenberg, Mariënberg indicates the presence of humans around 9,000 BCE, but there seems to have been hardly any tillage, cultivation or permanent Human settlement, settlement during thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besthmen
Besthmen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 22 km east of Zwolle.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. It was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 Bestmannyng. The etymology is unclear. The postal authorities have placed it under Ommen. In 1840, it was home to 135 people. The Besthmenermolen is a former gristmill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ... which was constructed in 1862. It was restored in 1995. References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsen
Varsen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 19 km east of Zwolle. It was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as Versen. The etymology is unclear. The postal authorities have placed it under Ommen. In 1840, it was home to 279 people. Archaeological finds have been discovered near Varsen which indicate that the area has been settled by the Funnelbeaker culture The Funnel(-neck-)beaker culture, in short TRB or TBK (, ; ; ), was an archaeological culture in north-central Europe. It developed as a technological merger of local neolithic and mesolithic techno-complexes between the lower Elbe and middle V .... References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giethmen
Giethmen is a hamlet in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 21 km east of Zwolle. It was first mentioned between 1381 as 1383 Gheetmen. The etymology is unclear. In 1840, it was home to 149 people. Giethemer Kerkpad Giethmen is known for its ''mass path, kerkpad'', or church path, an old trail which leads from Giethmen to Ommen. Because Giethmen does not have its own Church (building), church, its inhabitants used to walk (and later bicycle) up and down to Ommen twice every Sunday. The trail's pedestrian bridge across the Regge (river), Regge, known as the ''Giethemerkerkbrug'', has become an icon for Giethmen. Today the Giethemer Kerkpad is part of a popular hiking and bicycle trail. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archem
Archem is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 20 km northwest of Almelo. The administrative unit Archem comprises also Nieuwebrug, an old crossing of the Regge river. It was first mentioned in 947 as Arachem, and means "settlement of Arho (person)" The postal authorities have placed it under Lemele Lemele is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 20 km northwest of Almelo. History Lemele is an ''esdorp __NOTOC__ An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type o .... Archem developed around Huis van Archem. The current manor dates from 1925. In 1840, it was home to 208 people. References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eerde (Ommen)
Eerde is a hamlet in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about northwest of Almelo.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. At the heart of the Eerde hamlet lies Eerde castle, a castle in the Dutch-classical style from 1715, surrounded by a estate in the Baroque style managed by the Natuurmonumenten foundation since 1965.Stichting NatuurmonumentenEerde''. The first castle on this site was built in the 14th century, but was soon destroyed by the forces of the Archbishop of Utrecht in 1380. The Van Twickelo, Van Renesse, and Van Pallandt families have lived in castles on this site since. In the early 1920s, baron Philip van Pallandt deeded the castle and surrounding land to the Order of the Star in the East, an organization connected to the famous philosopher and spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti, of whom the baron was an avid follower. The Order held annual gatherings of its m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ommerschans
Ommerschans is a former bulwark in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 16 km south of Hoogeveen. History The OmmerschansVereniging De OmmerschansHistory of the Ommerschans (in Dutch)''. was a fortress built in 1628 as part of a defence line to defend the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland from the marauding count Hendrik van den Bergh (in Spanish service) after the expiration of the Twelve Years' Truce. Its defences were strengthened again in the middle of the 17th century to defend against a possible invasion from the east. Nonetheless, the fortress was captured without any resistance when the Catholic bishops Bernhard von Galen of Münster and Maximilian Henry of Cologne invaded in 1672, the so-called rampjaar (or disaster year) that started the Franco-Dutch War. The 146 musketeers and 55 pikemen stationed at Ommerschans fled north, only to return later that year when the bishops retreated after their fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stegeren
Stegeren is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 21 km north of Almelo. It was first mentioned in 1244 as Steyghere. The etymology is unclear. In 1840, it was home to 140 people. Stegeren played an important role in the Dutch Resistance The Dutch resistance () to the History of the Netherlands (1939–1945), German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II can be mainly characterized as non-violent. The primary organizers were the Communist Party of the Netherlands, C ... during World War II. A dropping zone was located in the hamlet where 48 tons of goods and ammunition and nine agents were dropped. Despite numerous attempts to locate the parachutists, they were never discovered. In 1985, a monument has been placed at the site. References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junne
Junne is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 22 km northwest of Almelo. The Vecht river is navigable straight from Zwolle until the weir at Junne. On the banks of the Vecht are some small nature reserves, which have a unique ecosystem of river dunes and grasslands and are now managed by the National Forest Service. History Junne is an old ''buurschap'' or semi-autonomous hamlet ruled communally by neighbouring freemen farmers. Situated at a curve in the meandering Vecht river, Junne's alluvial soil was much more fertile and arable than the surrounding bogs and moors. However, during the Batavian Republic of the early 19th century the state apparatus became much more centralised and municipalities were introduced, causing the buurschap Junne gradually to lose much of its autonomy over the decades that followed. Its communal grounds eventually became the private property of the Lüps in 1872, until Baron B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beerzerveld
Beerzerveld is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 16 km north of Almelo. It was first mentioned in 1860 as Beerzerveld, and means "heath near Beerze". Around 1860, people moved to Beerzerveld to excavate the peat. The hamlet nowadays cooperates with Mariënberg Mariënberg (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Mainbarg'' or ''Mainbarrug'') is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, and lies on the westside of the Vecht river, between Hardenberg and Ommen. Histor .... References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beerze
Beerze is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 20 km north of Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o .... It was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as "to Beersen", a means "hedged area". In 1840, it was home to 154 people. References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arriërveld
Arriërveld is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 18 km (11 mi) south of Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other v .... It was first mentioned in 1867 as Arriën Veld, and means field near Arriën. The postal authorities have placed it under Arriën. References Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arriën
Arriën is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 22 km south of Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other v .... It was first mentioned between 1294 and 1295 as "domus Theoderici de Arien", and means "plowed field". In 1840, it was home to 211 people. References External links Populated places in Overijssel Ommen {{Overijssel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
