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Hoogersmilde is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km southwest of Assen.

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Place details

Locality
Hoogersmilde
Region
Drenthe
Country
Nederland
Population
0

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Key facts

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Hoogersmilde
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Village
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Hoogersmilde, kunstwerk- kleurige paal bij de ingang van de kalkzandsteenfabriek foto9 2016-04-09 13.14.jpg
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Hoogersmilde, artwork at the entrance to the sand-lime brick factory
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The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Hoogersmilde in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.
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Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
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Location in the Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Province
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Drenthe
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Municipality
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Midden-Drenthe

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Hoogersmilde is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16&nbsp;km southwest of Assen.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1634 as Hooge Smilde, and means "high Smilde". In 1614, a large region of raised bog was bought by a group of Amsterdam merchants led by Adriaan Pauw to excavate the peat. In 1634, Adriaan Pauw was made Heer of the Heerlijkheid Smilde, after having acquired the Heerlijkheid in 1633. Hoogersmilde is the oldest settlement and was often referred to as Oude-Smilde. The excavation stagnated around 1730, but resumed after the was dug between 1767 and 1780.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hoogersmilde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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