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Oudeschans
Oudeschans () is a small village with a population of around 100 in the municipality of Westerwolde (municipality), Westerwolde in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the Netherlands. The 16th-century fortification is now a state protected village area with several Rijksmonument, national heritage sites, among which include a 17th-century garrison church, and the Vestingmuseum Oudeschans. Etymology The fortification was initially named Bellingwolderschans, meaning Sconce (fortification), Sconce of Bellingwolde, in 1593. It was renamed Oudeschans, meaning Old Sconce, after the fortification of Bad Nieuweschans, Nieuweschans, meaning New Sconce, was built in 1628.De vesting , Stichting Vesting Oudeschans. Retrieved on 12 February 2014. History In 1593, during the Eigh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestingmuseum Oudeschans
Vestingmuseum Oudeschans (; ) is a local museum in the village of Oudeschans in the Netherlands. The museum showcases the history of the 16th-century fortification of Oudeschans and has a collection of archaeological findings. The museum opened on 12 September 1987. The building was renovated in 2009. The museum lost its structural municipal subsidy in 2010. The museum staff consists of volunteers only. With 1,195 visitors in 2015, it is one of the lesser-visited museums in Groningen (province), Groningen. Location The museum is located at the Molenweg in the village Oudeschans in the municipality Bellingwedde in the east of the province Groningen (province), Groningen near the Dutch–German border. The Bellingwolderschans (Sconce (fortification), Sconce of Bellingwolde) was a fortification created in 1593 by William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg during the Eighty Years' War. It was renamed Oudeschans (Old Sconce) after the construction of the nearby Bad Nieuweschans, Nie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellingwolde
Bellingwolde (; Gronings dialect, Gronings: ''Bennewolle'') is a village with a population of 2,655 people in the municipality Westerwolde (municipality), Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the southeast of the region Oldambt (region), Oldambt, in the north of the region Westerwolde (region), Westerwolde, and in the east of the province Groningen (province), Groningen, at the border with Germany. The settlement dates back to the 11th century. It flooded multiple times until the 16th century. In the 18th and 19th century agriculture prospered and large farmhouses were built. It was a separate municipality until it merged with Wedde into Bellingwedde in 1968. Bellingwolde has a state protected village area with several monumental farmhouses. Other attractions are the Magnuskerk, Magnus Church, the Rechthuis (Bellingwolde), Law House, Veldkamps Meuln, Veldkamp's Mill, and Museum de Oude Wolden. There are four primary schools and a secondary school in the village. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Nieuweschans
Bad Nieuweschans (; ; ; also Lange Akkeren) is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands on the border with Germany. It forms part of the municipality of Oldambt. Nieuweschans means "new fortification ( sconce)". In 2009, the word Bad ("spa") was prefixed to the name of the village to promote it as a tourist destination. History Bad Nieuweschans is located in a part of the Dollart which was flooded during the 13th century. In the 1550s, the Dollart was reclaimed by large-scale poldering. In 1626, the area around Oudeschans was poldered, and a settlement appeared in the Nieuwenschans area which was originally called ''Lange Akkeren''. The fortification of Nieuweschans was built in 1628, during the Eighty Years' War. The sconce was a pentagon surrounded by earthen walls and canals. The fortification was still in use during the French occupation. In 1815, the garrison was disbanded, and between 1870 and 1907, the fortifications were dismantled. In 1974, Bad Nieuweschans was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blijham
Blijham () is a village with a population of 2,240 in the municipality of Westerwolde in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The origins of the settlement date back to the 11th century. Until 1968, Blijham was part of the municipality of Wedde. Until 2017, it was part of the municipality of Bellingwedde. Etymology In the name ''Blijham'', which is pronounced as , the part ''-ham'' means 'homestead'. History The first settlement dates back to circa 1000 CE. It was built on top of a horseshoe-shaped sand ridge, on the road between the cities of Groningen and Münster. At the time, the water of the Dollart reached all the way down to the settlement.Blijham , Municipality of Bellingwedde. Retrieved on 19 January 2014. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vriescheloo
Vriescheloo (; ) is a village in the municipality of Westerwolde in the Netherlands. History Vriescheloo is a linear settlement on the sand ridge which formed the old road between Groningen and Germany. The village dates from the 11th or 12th century. Its first inhabitants were mainly peat harvesters, and it developed into an agricultural community. The 19th century smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This t ... '' De Korenbloem'' is located in the village. Gallery File:Vriescheloo Dorpsstraat 119 N.H. Kerk .jpg, Church in 2011 File:1920180508 namaak kasteel Pastorielaan6 Vriescheloo.jpg, Modern castle File:Aanzicht - Vriescheloo - 20247517 - RCE.jpg, Farm (1969) References External links * Populated places in Groningen (province) Westerwolde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldambt (region)
Oldambt () is a region in the northeast of the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located on the Dutch-German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ... border. References {{coord, 53.1500, N, 7.0333, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:NL-GR, display=title Regions of Groningen (province) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winschoten
Winschoten (; ) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt (municipality), Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt (region), Oldambt in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. Winschoten received its City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1825. It was a separate Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality until it was merged into Oldambt in 2010. The seat of government of Oldambt is in Winschoten. There are three windmills and several churches in Winschoten. There is a Winschoten railway station, railway station with direct connections to Groningen and Leer, Lower Saxony, Leer (Germany), although due to the reconstruction of the Friesenbrücke trains to Germany will stop at Weener until 2024. Winschoten has an important role as a shopping centre for the region of Oldambt. In the province of Groningen, it is the second-largest shopping destination and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beerta
Beerta (; ) is a village and former municipality with a population of 2,205 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the 20th century, Beerta was a communist stronghold. In 1933, the municipal council was dismissed by the government, and was ruled by a until 1935. Between 1982 and 1990, Beerta was the only municipality with a communist mayor. Etymology Beerta means "place with houses" (English: neigh''boor''hood; Frisian: '' buorren'') The name was sometimes explained as relating to the 12th century which was lost in a flood, however the monastery has been excavated in Hesel, East Frisia, Germany, in 1988. History The Dollart is a bay in the Wadden Sea which was gradually expanding in size. Around 1600, it peaked at around . Beerta was located on higher ground, and became a peninsula in the bay. The village dates from the 11th century. The expanding Dollart implied that parts of Beerta were moved to higher ground. The Saint Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijksdienst Voor Het Cultureel Erfgoed
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) often abbreviated as Cultureel Erfgoed, is a Dutch cultural heritage, heritage organisation working for the protection and conservation of National Heritage Sites. It is located in Amersfoort within the province of Utrecht. Responsibilities Cultureel Erfgoed is a department of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands), Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Their responsibilities include managing the official list of Rijksmonumenten known as the ''Monumentenregister'', the storage and restoration of the National art collection of the Netherlands, the National Archaeological Ship storage and fleet, and ''Archis'', the central archaeological information system. They also subsidize grants in the fields of both movable and immovable cultural heritage. The RCE carries out the Dutch law known as the "Monumentenwet 1988" (English: ''Cultural property law''), and where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
