Hoogersmilde is a village in the
Dutch province of
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a provinces of the Netherlands, 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 (province), Groningen to the north, and the G ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Midden-Drenthe
Midden-Drenthe () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Midden ...
, and lies about 16 km southwest of
Assen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1634 as Hooge Smilde, and means "high
Smilde".
In 1614, a large region of
raised bog was bought by a group of Amsterdam merchant lead to
Adriaan Pauw to excavate the
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
.
In 1634, Adriaan Pauw was made ''Heer'' of the ''
Heerlijkheid'' Smilde in 1633. Hoogersmilde is the oldest settlement and was often referred to as Oude-Smilde.
The excavation stagnated around 1730, however it restarted after the was dug between 1767 and 1780.
The ''Heerlijkheid'' was dissolved in 1795, and the municipality of Smilde was created with neighbouring Smilde as a capital.
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1845.
Hoogersmilde was home to 660 people in 1840.
The
Zendstation Smilde is located in Hoogersmilde, it partially collapsed after a fire on 15 July 2011. The
Blauwe Meer, an
excavation lake
Digging, also referred to as excavation, is the process of using some implement such as claws, hands, manual tools or heavy equipment, to remove material from a solid surface, usually soil, sand or rock on the surface of Earth. Digging is actuall ...
, is situated south of Hoogersmilde.
Gallery
File:20050522 Hoogersmilde.jpg, Landscape around Hoogersmilde
File:Ingestorte zendmast Hoogersmilde 2011.JPG, The collapsed tower (2011)
File:Zendstation Smilde, juni 2012.jpg, Repaired tower (2012)
References
Midden-Drenthe
Populated places in Drenthe
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