Noordenveld () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the northeastern part of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

Population centres

Water Board Noordenveld

Noordenveld is also the name of a former Water Board, which had its office in

Roden Roden is a name of Germanic origin, originally meaning "red valley" or an anglicization of the Gaelic name "O'Rodain". It may refer to: Places *Roden, Bavaria, a town in the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria, Germany *Roden, Netherlands, a town ...

. Water Board Noordenveld arose from the Water Boards of

Leutingewolde Leutingewolde is a hamlet in the Netherlands and it is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, F ...

(1866-1967), De Zuidermaden (1914-1967), De Weehorst (1917-1967), De Peizer en Eeldermaden (1928-1984) and Matsloot-Roderwolde (1933-1984). In 1995, Water Board Noordenveld was merged into Water Board Noorderzijlvest, based in Onderdendam.

Notable people

Hindericus Scheepstra Hindericus Scheepstra (17 March 1859 – 8 May 1913) was a Dutch writer best known for his children's book series '' Ot en Sien'' (1902). Family and education Hindericus Scheepstra was born in Roden, the last of nine children. His parents w ...

(1859 in Roden – 1913) a Dutch writer, wrote children's book series ''

Ot en Sien ''Ot en Sien'' is a Dutch children's book series, written by Hindericus Scheepstra, a teacher in Drenthe, the Netherlands. It centers around two little children, a boy named Ot and a girl named Sien. It was the start of a new method of writing ...

'' (1902). *

Jan Britstra Jan Britstra (10 April 1905 – 7 March 1987) was a Dutch hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international mul ...

(1905 in Norg – 1987) a Dutch hurdler, competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

* J. P. Kuiper (1922 in Norg – 1985) a professor of social medicine, promoted the idea of

unconditional basic income Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive a minimum income in the form of an unconditional transfer payment, i.e., without a means test or need to perform work. In ...

Harm Kuipers Harm Kuipers (born 22 November 1947) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands. __NOTOC__ Kuipers combined his sports careers with being a Medicine student at the University of Groningen. Preferring his studies over speed skating, he did not ...

(born 1947 in Vries) academic, former speed skater and racing cyclist

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* Municipalities of Drenthe Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998 {{Drenthe-geo-stub