Peest

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Peest
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Peest
Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
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Peest
Peest (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°3′37″N6°29′57″E / 53.06028°N 6.49917°E / 53.06028; 6.49917
Country Netherlands
Province Drenthe
Municipality Noordenveld
Area
[1]
 • Total4.94 km2 (1.91 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total145
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9334 [1]
Dialing code 0592

Peest is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe. The Airport Norg used to be located near the village.

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History

Peest is an esdorp which developed around the heath. [3] It was first mentioned around 1300 as "apud Peest". The etymology of the name is unclear. [4] The farms which were constructed prior to 1850 are parallel to the communal pasture while the later farms are at right angles. [5] In 1840, the village had 80 inhabitants. [3]

The hunebed (dolmen) D5  [ nl ] is located of the road to Zeijen. [3]

Airport Norg

In the summer of 1940, the German authorities started to construct Fliegerhorst Norg near Peest. 2,500 workers were brought in to build an airport with three runways on a 280 hectares (690 acres) terrain. The airport suffered from serious drainage problems and was hardly ever used. [6] A large pond was made in the centre to solve the drainage problem, but to no avail. The road around the pond was named Hitlerring. [7]

Even though the airport had operational problems, it was mined in April 1945 by French paratroopers. After the war, the airport was used a dump site for ammunition. Between 1999 and 2011, there was de-fusion operation to remove the 200,000 pieces of ammunition from the site. [6]

The airport seemingly resembles a swastika from the air, however that is a visual illusion. The Germans even painted to roads in order to obscure the airport from view. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2022. Two entries
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9334TA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Peest". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Peest". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Peest". Geheugen van Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Vliegveld Peest geen succes". Drenthe in de oorlog (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Wat is de Hitlerring bij Peest". 75 jaar vrijheid (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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