Hijken
Sign in to saveHijken is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 13 km south of Assen, the province capital of Drenthe.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hijken
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 640
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hijken
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Boerderij met bijgebouwen nr. F 102-10 - Hijken - 20492748 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A farm in Hijken
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Midden-Drenthe <!--
- Settlement.image_map
- LocatieMidden-Drenthe.png -->
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- Map NL - Midden-Drenthe - Hijken.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Hijken in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 14
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 28.12
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Midden-Drenthe
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Hijken is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 13 km south of Assen, the province capital of Drenthe.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1370 as "civibus de Hyken". The etymology is unknown. Hijken developed as an esdorp originally without a church in the Early Middle Ages as a satellite of Beilen. In 1858, the was dug which cut the village into two halves. It used be a village of shepherds. In 1563, there were 70 sheep for every building.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hijken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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