Gramsbergen (

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: ''Grambarge'') is a small

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city on the

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, located in the municipality of

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and the province of

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. The town is located on corridors of different transportation modes: The N34 (Zwolle - Emmen), the

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- Emmen railway and the Almelo - de Haandrik canal.

History

Gramsbergen and its hamlets have been inhabited since pre-historic times. In the 'Cultuur Historisch Informatie Centrum Vechtdal' (The Historical and Cultural Center of Vechtdal), in the centre of Gramsbergen, several archaeological artefacts are exhibited. These artefacts come from settlements from around 8000 BC. It was first mentioned in 1227 as Bergene, and means "the hill of Gram (person)". It received

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

in 1442. Gramsbergen developed on higher ground along the

. In 1227, the

Battle of Ane The Battle of Ane (Dutch Low Saxon:''Slag bi'j Aone'', Dutch:''Slag bij Ane''), was fought in 1227 between Otto II of Lippe, Bishop of Utrecht, and Rudolf II van Coevorden with his army of Drenths. The account of the battle comes from '' Qued ...

was fought to the west of Gramsbergen during which the

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was defeated by the citizens of

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. In 1339, , a '' havezate'', was built which developed into a castle. In 1673, it was taken by the

Prince-Bishopric of Münster The Prince-Bishopric of Münster (, or ) was a large ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, ...

. The castle was destroyed in 1674 by the

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to prevent Münster from threatening

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. The city did not develop in its later history and remained relatively small. In 1840, it was home to 526 people. As an independent municipality, Gramsbergen comprised the centres of Gramsbergen and De Krim and the hamlets

Ane Ane or ane may refer to: * Āne, a village in Latvia * Ane, Netherlands, a village in Overijssel, Netherlands, also ** Battle of Ane (1227), a battle fought near the village * -ane, a suffix in organic chemistry, or specifically ** Alkanes, whic ...

, Anerveen, Anevelde, , , and . Since 1 January 2001, Gramsbergen has been part of

Transportation

Railway Station: Gramsbergen

Notable citizens

Henk Bodewitz Hendrik Wilhelm "Henk" Bodewitz (13 October 1939 – 18 August 2022) was a Dutch Indologist. He was a professor at the Universities of Utrecht and later Leiden between 1976 and 2002. Career Between 1952 and 1958 he attended the gymnasium in Coe ...

(born 1939), Sanskrit scholar and professor * Erik Hulzebosch (born 1970), marathon speed skater, inline speed skater and part-time singer and blogger * Albert Timmer (born 1985), professional road bicycle racer

Gallery

File:Gramsbergen - Station (23 juni 2018) 1.jpg, Gramsbergen station File:Kerk Gramsbergen.jpg, The church of Gramsbergen File:Huys Gramsbergen.jpg, Huis Gramsbergen ( 1725) File:Gramsbergen Allersma 02.JPG, Pieterpad walkers, sculpture by

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001 Populated places in Overijssel Former municipalities of Overijssel Hardenberg