Tynaarlo (;

Gronings Gronings (; or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Low Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related varieties in East Frisia have a stro ...

: ''Tynaorl'') is a

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and

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in the Northeastern

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. Although it is located in the

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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 ...

, many of its communities serve as suburbs of the neighbouring city 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 ...

, capital of the eponymous province. In 2019, the municipality of Tynaarlo had a population of 33,698.

History

The municipality of Tynaarlo was established in 1998 as the merger of the former municipalities of Eelde, Vries and

Zuidlaren Zuidlaren ( Noordenvelds: ''Zuudlaoren'') is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands. Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug. The village is part ...

; it was supposed to retain the name of the latter, but after the two first voiced their discontent, the name of the smaller central village of Tynaarlo was chosen.

Population centres

Topography

Village of Tynaarlo

The village of Tynaarlo is a part of the municipality and lies about north of

Assen Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...

. It is situated between the three largest villages of the municipality:

, Eelde and Vries. Tynaarlo is located close to the motorway A28, which is a connection to the south and the west of the country. In 2001, the village of Tynaarlo had 1,009 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was ; it contained 427 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001''
(Statistics are for the continuous built-up area). The statistical district of Tynaarlo, which also includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of 1,920.Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
''Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005''
As of 1 January 2005.

Notable people

* Menso Alting (1541 in Eelde – 1612), a Dutch Reformed preacher and reformer *

Lodewijk van Heiden Lodewijk Sigismund Vincent Gustaaf Reichsgraf van Heiden (; ; 6 September 1773 – 17 October 1850) was a Dutch naval officer and Orangism (Dutch Republic), Orangist who went into exile from the Batavian Republic and served in the Russian N ...

(1772 in Zuidlaren – 1850), a Dutch admiral

Sport

* Jaap Helder (1907 in Paterswolde – 1998), a Dutch sailor who participated in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

* Roelof Koops (1909 in Zuidlaren – 2008), a Dutch speed skater who competed in the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

* Paul Matthijs (born 1976 in Paterswolde), a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps * Jos Hooiveld (born 1983 in Zeijen), a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps * Willemijn Bos (born 1988 in Eelde), a Dutch field hockey defender, team silver medallist at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Gallery

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of Drenthe Populated places in Drenthe Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1999