Hollandscheveld
Sign in to saveHollandscheveld () is a village in the municipality of Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. It was founded in the 17th century after the Hollandsche Compagnie (Company from Holland) bought the land to harvest its peat. It was initially named Hollandsche Veld (Field of the Hollandsche Compagnie) which was later combined into just Hollandscheveld.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hollandscheveld
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Hervormde kerk van Hollandscheveld.jpg
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- Church in Hollandscheveld
- Settlement.image_flag
- Hollandscheveld_vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Hollandscheveld wapen.svg
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- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
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- Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
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- Country
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- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hoogeveen
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 13
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 21.84
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,560
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Hollandscheveld () is a village in the municipality of Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. It was founded in the 17th century after the Hollandsche Compagnie (Company from Holland) bought the land to harvest its peat. It was initially named Hollandsche Veld (Field of the Hollandsche Compagnie) which was later combined into just Hollandscheveld.
During the Second World War, three notorious war criminals lived in Hollandscheveld: Auke Pattist, Dirk Hoogendam and Martinus Johannes van Oort. These men tortured and arrested resistance warriors and Jews in a local school. Dirk Hoogendam was sentenced to death after the war, but managed to escape to Germany where he died in 2003.