Nieuw-Schoonebeek

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Nieuw-Schoonebeek
Village
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Churchtower in Nieuw-Schoonebeek
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Nieuw-Schoonebeek
Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
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Nieuw-Schoonebeek
Nieuw-Schoonebeek (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 52°38′N6°59′E / 52.633°N 6.983°E / 52.633; 6.983
Country Netherlands
Province Drenthe
Municipality Emmen
Established1814
Area
[1]
 • Total
17.69 km2 (6.83 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
1,285
 • Density72.64/km2 (188.1/sq mi)
Postal code
7761
Dialing code 0591

Nieuw-Schoonebeek is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe.

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History

Nieuw-Schoonebeek started as a peat exploitation settlement along the road from Schoonebeek to Meppen. Around 1805, settlers from neighbouring Twist in Germany moved into the area. [3] The village was officially founded in 1814. [4] In 1849, a Catholic church was built in Nieuw-Schoonebeek, and was replaced in 1966–67 with a new church. The tower of the old church has remained standing. [3]

In 1943, oil was discovered in neighbouring Schoonebeek. The population successfully sabotaged the wells which prevented the Germans from knowing much oil was underneath the ground. After the war, pumpjacks became a feature of the landscape around the village. About 190 wells were dug in Nieuw-Schoonebeek. [4]

Nieuw-Schoonebeek is home to several boôs, little sheds where cow shepherds could spend the night with their cattle. [3]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 7766AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Ronald Stenvert (2001). Nieuw-Schoonebeek (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 155. ISBN   90 400 9454 3 . Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Nieuw-Schoonebeek". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pascal Huser naar sc Heerenveen". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.


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