Lutten (

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: ''Luttn'') is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality

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, about south-west of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1532 as Lotten, and means "low lying place". There was another hamlet called Lutten nearby which changed its name to (Old Lutten). Lutten developed during the

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excavation of the

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. The construction of the canal stagnated near Lutten around 1830, because the '

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had not divided up the wilderness in its area. A ''marke'' was a form of government with

communal land Communal land is a (mostly rural) territory in possession of a community, rather than an individual or company. This sort of arrangement existed in almost all Europe until the 18th century, by which the king or the church officially owned the la ...

. In 1832, the problem was solved by digging a canal to Slagharen. Lutten was home to 236 people in 1840. The Dutch Reformed church in the village is an aisleless church with an entrance hall topped by a tower with wooden roof lantern. It was built in 1853. In 1901, the

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factory, Baanbreker opened in Lutten. The complex is now used by a plastic pipe factory. In 1932, a water tower was built which measures . It is one of two Dutch water towers with a

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. The tower is currently used as bed and breakfast.

Notable people

* Gert Heerkes (born 1965), football manager * Niek Kimmann (born 1996), BMX Racing cyclist and Olympic Champion

Gallery

File:Centrum en Zwartedijk, Lutten.JPG, Centre of Lutten File:Watertoren Lutten.jpg, Water tower File:Baanbreker1.JPG, Former potato starch factory Baanbreker. File:Dorpshuis Lutten.jpg, Village house

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Hardenberg