Tripscompagnie (; ) is a small
linear village
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* linearity of a '' function'' (or '' mapping'');
* linearity of a ''polynomial''.
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in the municipalities of
Midden-Groningen
Midden-Groningen (Gronings: ''Midden-Grunnen'') is a municipality with a population of 60,953 in the province of Groningen, Netherlands. The municipality was formed by the merger of former municipalities of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Slochteren and M ...
and
Veendam
Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.
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, in the province of
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
. It is located approximately two kilometers west of
Muntendam. Bigger towns in its vicinity are
Hoogezand
Hoogezand () is a town in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the province of Groningen in northeast Netherlands.
History
The name refers to a higher sanded ''(Hooge Sandt)'' place in the peatlands cut through when the Winschoterdiep Cha ...
and
Sappemeer
Sappemeer () is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Midden-Groningen to the east of Hoogezand.
Sappemeer was a separate municipality until 1949, when it merged with Hoogezand. The village is the Europ ...
to the northwest, and Veendam to the southeast.
History
The village originated along a canal, the Tripscompagniesterdiep, which was dug in 1640 by order of Adriaan Trip to extract
peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...
from the surrounding
bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and musk ...
s. The village was founded eight years later. After the peat extraction, arable farming became important. Many farm buildings in the village are of the
Oldambt type.
From 1863 to 1983 there was a primary school in the village. At the time of its closure, it was the smallest school in the Netherlands with two pupils.
After the school closed, the building became a
village hall
A village hall is a public building in a rural or suburban community which functions as a community centre without a religious affiliation.
United Kingdom
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.
From 1898 to 1923, the
potato flour
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factory l'Esperance was located in the village.
In addition, from the beginning of the 20th century, there was a café, a carriage factory, and a smithy. A stone polder mill was built on the Nieuweweg in 1872, and the remains now serve as a holiday home under the name ''Torentje van Trips''.
The company Nedmag extracts
magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 ...
salts for industrial applications in Tripscompagnie.
References
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Midden-Groningen
Veendam
Populated places in Groningen (province)