t Waar () is a village in the province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
in the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Oldambt, just north of the village of
Nieuw-Scheemda.
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
History
The villages was first mentioned in 1781 as 't Waar, and means
sluice
Sluice ( ) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered ...
. It refers to a sluice constructed in 1622 in the to regulate the water flow.
't Waar was home to 451 people in 1840.
Between 1910 and 1934, there was a joint railway station with
Nieuw-Scheemda on the
Zuidbroek to
Delfzijl
Delfzijl (; gos, Delfsiel) is a city and former municipality with a population of 25,651 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Delfzijl was a sluice between the Delf and the Ems, which became fortified settlement in ...
railway line. On 15 April 1945, the village celebrate its liberation when German soldiers threw
handgrenades into the crowd killing five civilians and one Polish soldier. In 1995, a memorial was placed on the site.
't Waar was part of the municipality of
Scheemda
Scheemda () is a village with a population of 2,445 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the ...
until 1990 when it became part of
Nieuwolda. Since 2010, it is part of
Oldambt.
References
External links
*
Oldambt (municipality)
Populated places in Groningen (province)
{{Groningen-geo-stub