t Waar () is a village in the province of
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
in the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. 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
A sluice ( ) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. There are various types of sluice gates, including flap sluice gates and fan gates. Different depths are calculated when design s ...
. 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 (; ) is a city and former municipality (which now belongs to the municipality of Eemsdelta) 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 Em ...
railway line. On 15 April 1945, the village celebrate its liberation when German soldiers threw
handgrenade
A grenade is a small explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a Shell (projectile), shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A mod ...
s 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 5,085 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 mun ...
until 1990 when it became part of
Nieuwolda. Since 2010, it is part of
Oldambt.
References
External links
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Oldambt (municipality)
Populated places in Groningen (province)
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