Den Ham ɛn ɦɑmis a village in the

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

province of

Overijssel Overijssel (; ; ; ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Episcopal principality of Utrecht ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Twenterand Twenterand (; Tweants dialect, Twents: ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. The name means "edge of Twente" as it is situated on the northwestern fringe of the historical r ...

, about 15 km northwest 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 ...

. Den Ham was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of

Vriezenveen Vriezenveen (West Low German, Lower Saxon: t Vjenne, Venne, Vjenne, Vreeznven or Vreeinvenne'') is a town in the municipality of Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel. The population was 13,800 on January 1, 2020. Until July 1, 2002, ...

. It was subsequently renamed ''

'' in 2002.

History

Den Ham is an ''

esdorp __NOTOC__ 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 ...

'' which was first mentioned in 1333. During the

Dutch Revolt The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (; 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, exc ...

it was under frequent attack. In 1840, it was home to 748 people. It the mid-19th century, it was surpassed by

Vroomshoop Vroomshoop is a town located at the center of the municipality Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel and was founded around 1859. The earliest inhabitants lived from the peat that was found in the nearby area. Farmers from the Groningen ...

which had better connections to the outside world. In 1914, the dairy factory De Eensgezindheid opened in Den Ham. In September 1943 Australian bomber pilot Les Knight, one of the members of No. 617 Squadron RAF (commonly known as "The Dambusters"), crashed near the village. He was able to allow his entire crew to bail out but was unable to land the aircraft without crashing. Knight is buried at the local cemetery and a monument has been erected at the crash site.

Gallery

File:Den Ham, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM19999 foto2 2014-10-04 15.37.jpg, Den Ham, reformed church File:Voorgevel - Ham, Den - 20100170 - RCE.jpg, Former town hall (1966) File:Den Ham Klokkenstoel.JPG, Bell tower File:Overzicht voorgevel en rechter zijgevel - Den Ham - 20350981 - RCE.jpg, Dairy factory in Den Ham File:20241103 Monument for Les Knight.jpg, Monument for Leslie Gordon Knight, DSO

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001 Populated places in Overijssel Former municipalities of Overijssel Salland Twenterand {{Overijssel-geo-stub