Hoogeveen
Hoogeveen
't O(ge)veine(Dutch Low Saxon) | |
|---|---|
 Former court house in Hoogeveen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Drenthe | |
| Coordinates:52°44′N6°29′E/ 52.733°N 6.483°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Drenthe |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| •Mayor | Karel Loohuis(PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 129.25 km2(49.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 127.54 km2(49.24 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.71 km2(0.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 55,603 |
| • Density | 436/km2(1,130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Hoogevener |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postcode | Parts of 7900 range |
| Area code | 0524, 0528 |
| Website | www |
Hoogeveen(Dutch:[ˌɦoːɣəˈveːn];Dutch Low Saxon:'t Ogeveineor't Oveine) is amunicipalityand atownin theDutchprovince ofDrenthe.
Population centres[edit]
Elim,Fluitenberg,HoogeveenandNoordscheschut,which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other villages of the town areHollandscheveld,Nieuw Moscou,Nieuweroord,Nieuwlande,Pesse,StuifzandandTiendeveen.
History[edit]
Hoogeveen dates its history to 20 December 1625, whenRoelof van Echtenbought a large tract ofpeatland from farmers of the district with the plan to harvest its peat. One old map of the area called itLocus Deserta Atque ob Multos Paludes Invia,a deserted and impenetrable place of many swamps. Hoogeveen itself was established in 1636 by Peter Joostens Warmont and Johan van der Meer.
Itscoat of arms,granted 10 November 1819, is white, with a pile of peat covered in straw in the center andbeehiveson each side, representing the town's first two major industries.
Vincent van Goghvisited the area in the fall of 1883.[5]
In the second half of the 1960s, Hoogeveen was the fastest growing town in the Netherlands. Until that period, the town contained a number ofcanals,which had been dug in the area's early days when it was a prime source of peat and maritime transportation was a necessity for efficient transportation of cargo. By the 1960s the rise of the automobile and truck-based transportation meant the canals had lost much of their economic function, and the canals were filled in.
The first important transportation connection was provided by therailway line,withHoogeveen railway stationopening in 1870. Since the early 1970s, access to the town has been provided by the A28 (Utrecht-Groningen) highway, and in the early 2000s, the A37 (Hoogeveen -Germany) highway was expanded from a provincial road to improve the region's connection to Emmen and further to Germany.
The then recognized oldest person in the world,Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper,lived in Hoogeveen until her death in August 2005, two months after her 115th birthday.
Hoogeveen also has a smallairportthat attracts some tourism. Since 1997 the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament has been organized here.
Transport[edit]
Railway station:Hoogeveen
International relations[edit]
Twin towns — Sister cities[edit]
Hoogeveen istwinnedwith:
Notable people[edit]
- Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum(1758 in Hoogeveen - 1840) a politician,helped take powerin 1813 to re-establish the monarchy
- Herman Bavinck(1854 in Hoogeveen – 1921) a Dutch Reformed theologian and churchman
- Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper(1890 – 2005 in Hoogeveen) the oldest person ever from the Netherlands
- Jan Bols(born 1944 in Hoogeveen) a former Dutch long track speed skater, participated in the 1968 and1972 Summer Olympics
- Geert Booij(born 1947 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch linguist and academic, createdconstruction morphology
- Jetta Klijnsma(born 1957 in Hoogeveen) Dutch politician
- Senff(born 1971 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch/Canadian musician and actor[6]
- Anne van Amstel(born 1974 in Hoogeveen) Dutch writer, psychologist and poet
- Lea Bouwmeester(born 1979 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch politician
- Jill de Jong(born 1982 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch model and actress[7]
Sport[edit]
- Piet Kleine(born 1951 in Hollandscheveld) a former speed skater, gold medallist at the1976 Winter Olympicsand silver medallist at the1980 Winter Olympics
- Theo ten Caat(born 1964 in Hollandscheveld) a former Dutch professional footballer with 412 club caps
- Erik Dekker(born 1970) a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, medallist at the1992 Summer Olympics
- Erik Bakker(born 1990 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch professional footballer with 320 club caps
- Vivianne Miedema(born 1996 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch professional footballer who is the Netherlands all-time top scorer, across both the women's and men's teams. She is also the all-time top scorer in the English FA Women's Super League.
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Hoogeveen (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1989−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
34.9 (94.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 73.3 (2.89) |
62.9 (2.48) |
60.2 (2.37) |
44.1 (1.74) |
62.6 (2.46) |
68.9 (2.71) |
89.6 (3.53) |
79.7 (3.14) |
71.4 (2.81) |
73.4 (2.89) |
66.8 (2.63) |
81.3 (3.20) |
834.2 (32.84) |
| Averagerelative humidity(%) | 89.9 | 86.9 | 82.6 | 76.5 | 75.4 | 78.1 | 79.4 | 81.4 | 85.6 | 88.4 | 91.7 | 91.6 | 84.0 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 62.8 | 88.8 | 141.6 | 190.1 | 217.8 | 205.1 | 215.1 | 195.3 | 153.1 | 118.3 | 66.8 | 58.3 | 1,713.1 |
| Percentpossible sunshine | 24.6 | 31.7 | 38.2 | 45.4 | 44.6 | 40.8 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 40.1 | 35.8 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 36.3 |
| Source:Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute[8][9] | |||||||||||||
Gallery[edit]
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Huts in Zwartschaap,on the way between Hoogeveen and Pesse, painted by Van Gogh in 1883 -
Town hall -
Nieuwebrugsluis in Hoogeveen -
Villapark, Martensplek
References[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^"De leden van het college"[Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Hoogeveen. Archived fromthe originalon 5 January 2013.Retrieved7 October2013.
- ^"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020"[Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020].StatLine(in Dutch).CBS.24 July 2020.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^"Postcodetool for 7901BW".Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland(in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2013.Retrieved7 October2013.
- ^"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand"[Population growth; regions per month].CBS Statline(in Dutch).CBS.1 January 2021.Retrieved2 January2022.
- ^Dead link toThe New Yorker
- ^IMDb Database
- ^IMDb Databaseretrieved 07 September 2019
- ^"Weerstatistieken Hoogeveen".Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.RetrievedJuly 5,2022.
- ^"Klimaatviewer 1991-2020".Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.RetrievedJuly 5,2022.
Bibliography[edit]
- Dijk, Wout J., & van der Sluis, Meent W.:De Drentse tijd van Vincent van Gogh,Boon uitgeverij, Groningen 2001ISBN90-75913-18-4
External links[edit]
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