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2 unusual facts about Drenthe


't Haantje

't Haantje, Drenthe, a small village in of Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands

Oosterbroek

Oosterbroek, Drenthe, a mansion and a former hamlet in the Netherlands


1977 Dutch school hostage crisis

On the morning of Monday, May 23, 1977, four armed South-Moluccans took hostage 105 children and their five teachers at a primary school in Bovensmilde in the Dutch province of Drenthe.

BoƓ

The villages of Schoonebeek and Nieuw-Schoonebeek in the border area with Germany in the Dutch province of Drenthe are the only places where these buildings can be found.

Cor Fuhler

Cor Fuhler (born 1964, in Barger-Oosterveld, Drenthe, Netherlands) is an Amsterdam-based musician who plays in the style of electroacoustic improvisation.

Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau

After the death of her husband in 1664, she became regent for her son in Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.

Dwars door Drenthe

In 2011, the race was held as part of an expanded 2.1 rated Ronde van Drenthe, in which Dwars door Drenthe was held the day before the Ronde itself.

Emmen

Emmen, Netherlands, a town and municipality in the Province of Drenthe

Grenzaa

Grenzaa or Schoonebeker Diep is a river on the border of Lower Saxony, Germany and Drenthe, Netherlands, near the town Twist.

Kop van Overijssel

The region is nearly surrounded by three provincial borders: in the west that of Flevoland (Noordoostpolder region), in the north that of Friesland (Stellingwerven region) and in the east that of Drenthe (the municipalities of Westerveld and Meppel).

Liberal State Party

The party performed particularly well in the major trading cities Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the rich municipalities around Hilversum and the Hague and in northern rural provinces, like Groningen and Drenthe.

Login Geiden

Born in Zuidlaren, in the north east of the Netherlands, van Heiden was the second son of Imperial Count Sigismund Pieter Alexander van Heiden, Lord of Reinestein and Laarwoud, Drost of Drenthe, and Baroness Marie Frederique van Reede.

Treaty of Grave

In the treaty, Charles of Guelders handed over the City of Groningen, the Ommelanden and Drenthe to Emperor Charles.


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