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Klazienaveen
Sign in to saveKlazienaveen is a town to the southeast of Emmen in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located approx from the German border. Klazienaveen started as a peat colony owned by Willem Albert Scholten. It has been named after Klaassien Sluis, the wife of Scholten.
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- Locality
- Klazienaveen
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 11,919
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Klazienaveen
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Klazienaveen Molenwijk.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Klazienaveen (Molenwijk)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Emmen
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 21
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 30.05
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1899
- Settlement.population_total
- 11,980
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Klazienaveen is a town to the southeast of Emmen in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located approx from the German border. Klazienaveen started as a peat colony owned by Willem Albert Scholten. It has been named after Klaassien Sluis, the wife of Scholten.
== History == In 1874, Willem Albert Scholten bought the Smeulveen to exploit the peat. In 1890, Scholten offered the skipper Jan Adde Hazewinkel a flag as the first person to transport the peat. In 1899, a village appeared along the canal. In 1903, Scholten's son Jan Evert renamed Smeulveen and the village Klazienaveen after his mother Klaassien Sluis. It is one of the two villages in the Netherlands named after a non-royal woman. In 1932, it was home to 2,327 people.
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