Gieten is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

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, and lies about 14 km east of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear. Gieten is an ''

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'' which developed in the Early Middle Ages on the

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as a satellite of

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. The village started to developed where the road from

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intersected with a road to

. The former village Bonnen was located to the east and contained the '' havezate'' Entinge from 1648 until its demolition in 1768. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from at least 1302. In 1626, it was heavily damaged during the

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, and rebuilt. The tower was built in 1804 as a replacement of a 17th-century tower. Gieten was home to 464 people 1840. Between 1905 and 1947, a railway station on the Gasselternijveen to

railway line was located in Gieten. The building was demolished in 1969. Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze.

Sports

The

Superprestige Gieten The Superprestige Gieten is a cyclo-cross race held in Gieten, Netherlands, which was part of the Superprestige (Cyclo-cross), Superprestige and which was organized until 2021. Past winners References Men's resultsWomen's results
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is an October

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

race held in Gieten,

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, which is part of the Superprestige.

Gallery

Gieten Molen Hazewind PM06.jpg, ''Hazewind'' windmill Gieten, de Hervormde kerk RM16128 foto4 2014-07-12 17.48.jpg, Reformed church File:Hotel Braams Gieten.jpg, Hotel in Gieten File:Voormalig gemeentehuis Gieten.jpg, Former town hall

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998 Populated places in Drenthe Former municipalities of Drenthe Aa en Hunze