Rolde () is a village in the Dutch

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

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 ...

. Located in the

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 ...

of Aa en Hunze, it lies about 6 km (3.7 mi) east of

Assen Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sund ...

. In 2021, Rolde had a population of 3,905.

History

Rolde was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of the newly-established municipality of Aa en Hunze. Although facilities are limited, Rolde possesses a

ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll ...

alley. There are also two ''

hunebed A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were some ...

s'' on a site east of the church. The

windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in so ...

has been restored to working order.

Gallery

File:Rolde, het voormalige gemeentehuis RM482933 foto6 2014-07-12 18.31.jpg, Former Rolde Town Hall File:Molen van Rolde.jpg, Rolde Windmill File:Rolde voormalig Gemeentehuis.JPG, Former town hall File:Rolde De Eekhof Asserstraat 3.JPG, Villa in Rolde

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998 Populated places in Drenthe Former municipalities of Drenthe Aa en Hunze