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Havelterberg is 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
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 lies on the border of the municipalities
Meppel Meppel (; Drents: ''Möppelt'') is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It constitutes the southwestern part of the province of Drenthe. Meppel is the smallest municipality in Drenthe, with a total area of about . As of 1 July ...
and
Westerveld Westerveld () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality Westerveld was established in 1998 out of the municipalities of Diever, Dwingeloo, Havelte, and Vledder. Westerveld is crossed by a channel, the ''Drentsche Hoofdva ...
, and lies about 21 km west of
Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other v ...
.


History

The village was first mentioned in 1844 as Havelterberg, and means "hill belonging to
Havelte Havelte (Drèents dialects, Drèents: ''Haovelte'' or ''Haovelt'') is a village in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is located in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Westerveld, Drenthe, about 60 km (37.2 mi) south-sou ...
. The name is used both for the village and the hill. Havelterberg has place name signs. Between 1964 and 1989, there was an American military base at Havelterberg. It contained munition depot of
NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...
. Only the watchtower has remained. It used to be the site of frequent anti-nuclear demonstrations, because tactical nuclear weapons were suspected to be present at the base.


Dolmen

There are two ''hunebedden'' (
dolmen A dolmen, () or portal tomb, is a type of single-chamber Megalith#Tombs, megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the Late Neolithic period (4000 ...
) in Havelterberg. is the second largest dolmen of the Netherlands. It spans nearly , and contains 9 capstones and 21 side stones. It used to have a beautiful ring of 40 stones. There were still 24 left in 1918 when
Albert Egges van Giffen Albert Egges van Giffen (14 March 1884 – 31 May 1973) was a Dutch archaeologist. Van Giffen worked at the University of Groningen and University of Amsterdam, where he was a professor of Prehistory and Germanic archaeology. He worked most of his ...
researched the dolmen. Nowadays, there are only 10 left. All the stones have been put back in there place in 1918. The cellar contained the largest amount of artefacts of any dolmen. In 1945, the German authorities wanted to remove the stones, because it was a clear marker for enemy aircraft. Van Giffen persuaded the Germans to bury the stones, and there were placed back in their original position in 1949. is located nearby and they can almost be considered twins. There are six capstones, however one is missing.


Gallery

File:20180614 bomkrater Havelterberg.jpg, Bomb crater at Havelterberg File:20210419 Hunehuis Havelterberg.jpg, The hunehuis File:Hunebed D53 Havelterberg.jpg , ''Hunebed'' (dolmen) D53 File:Hunebed D54 Havelterberg.jpg, ''Hunebed'' (dolmen) D54


References

{{Authority control Populated places in Drenthe Westerveld Meppel