Buinen is a village in the
Dutch province of
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Borger-Odoorn
Borger-Odoorn () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.
The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the Neolithic and mesolit ...
, and lies about 18 km north of
Emmen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1549 as Bunne. The etymology is unclear. Buinen is an ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''Anger (meadow), anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture ...
'' from the Middle Ages which developed as a satellite of
Borger. The elongated village has no church or ''brink'' (village square).
Buinen was home to 260 people in 1840.
Between 1905 and 1945, there was a railway station in Buinen on the
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the Capital city, capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel ...
to
Stadskanaal
Stadskanaal () is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal.
From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so ...
railway line. The building was demolished in 1961.
The railway line and harbour resulted in some growth until about 1940. In 1977, the harbour was filled up.
Gallery
File:Hunebed D29 tussen Borger en Buinen.jpg, Dolmen D29 with D28 in the background
File:20160428 Zicht vanaf de Buunerbult naar de Hondsrug.jpg, View from the Bunnerbult
References
Populated places in Drenthe
Borger-Odoorn
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