Ruinen is a village in the
Dutch
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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 is located in the municipality of
De Wolden, about 10 km northwest 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 ...
. The
Dwingelderveld National Park
Dwingelderveld National Park is a national park of the Netherlands in the province of Drenthe, founded in 1991. The park covers about and is mainly managed by the State Forest Service (Staatsbosbeheer) and the most important Dutch private natur ...
is located near Ruinen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1139 as de Runa. The etymology is unknown. Ruinen is an ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''Anger (meadow), anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture ...
'' from the Early Middle Ages. Around 1140, a double monastery of the
Benedictines
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly Christian mysticism, contemplative Christian monasticism, monastic Religious order (Catholic), order of the Catholic Church for men and f ...
was founded in Ruinen, however they moved to
De Wijk in 1325.
The Dutch Reformed has been built in the 15th century replacing and reusing the monastery church of which dated from around 1140. The tower was built in 1423. The spire has been renewed in 1660 after it had been damaged by a storm, and the crown was replaced in 1952. Between 1972 and 1975, the church was restored to its original form before 1836.
Ruinen was home to 1,059 people in 1840.
Ruinen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became part of De Wolden. The
windmill
A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery.
Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern period ...
''De Zaandplatte'' was rebuilt in 1964, and is open to the public.
Notable residents
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Jan Hendrik de Boer (1899–1971), a physicist and chemist.
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Sione Jongstra (born 1976), a Dutch triathlete
Gallery
File:20210512 Zaandplatte nabij Ruinen.jpg, The ''Zaandplatte'' windmill
File:P1020022copyRuinen.jpg, Bar ''Brinkzicht''
File:Kerk op brink van Ruinen.jpg, Church in Ruinen
File:P1020025copyRuinen.jpg, Horse and carriage
References
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998
Populated places in Drenthe
Former municipalities of Drenthe
De Wolden
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