Gieten

Village in Drenthe, Netherlands

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The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Gieten in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.

53°0′19″N 6°45′47″E / 53.00528°N 6.76306°E / 53.00528; 6.76306CountryNetherlandsProvinceDrentheMunicipalityAa en HunzeArea

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• Total24.74 km² (9.55 sq mi)Elevation

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16 m (52 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total5,030 • Density200/km² (530/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

9461^[1]

Dialing code0592

Gieten is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km east of Assen.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear.^[3] Gieten is an esdorp which developed in the Early Middle Ages on the Hondsrug as a satellite of Anloo. The village started to developed where the road from Groningen to Coevorden intersected with a road to Assen. The former village Bonnen was located to the east and contained the havezate Entinge from 1648 until its demolition in 1768.^[4]

The Dutch Reformed Church dates from at least 1302. In 1626, it was heavily damaged during the Dutch Revolt, and rebuilt. The tower was built in 1804 as a replacement of a 17th century tower.^[4]

Gieten was home to 464 people 1840.^[5] Between 1905 and 1947, a railway station on the Gasselternijveen to Assen railway line was located in Gieten. The building was demolished in 1969.^[6]

Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze.^[7]

Sports

The Superprestige Gieten is an October cyclo-cross race held in Gieten, Netherlands, which is part of the Superprestige.^[5]

Gallery

Hazewind windmill
Reformed church
Hotel in Gieten
Former town hall

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 9461AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Gieten". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ronald Stenvert (2001). Gieten (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. p. 61. ISBN 90 400 9454 3. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Gieten". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "station Gieten". Stationsweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.