Gieten
Sign in to saveGieten 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gieten
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 4,885
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gieten
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Zicht op Gieten.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Zicht op Gieten vanaf de Hondsrugweg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Gieten vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Gieten wapen.svg
- Settlement.motto
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- Settlement.image_map1
- Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Gieten.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Gieten in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Drenthe
- Population
- +912
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Aa en Hunze
- Image
- Zicht op Gieten.jpg
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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. 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.