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Sign in to saveNieuw-Dordrecht is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe. The village is home to Museum Collectie Brands, a museum which houses the extensive collection of items collected and gathered by Jans Brands.
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Place details
- Locality
- Oranjedorp
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,370
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nieuw-Dordrecht
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Nieuw-Dordrecht, de Hervormde kerk foto11 2016-09-25 16.29.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nieuw-Dordrecht, reformed church
- 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
- 23
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.31
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1856
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,080
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Dordrecht
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Emmen
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Commons category
- Nieuw-Dordrecht
- postal code
- 7885
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Nieuw-Dordrecht is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe. The village is home to Museum Collectie Brands, a museum which houses the extensive collection of items collected and gathered by Jans Brands.
== History == Nieuw-Dordrecht was established in 1856 to excavate the peat east of the by Drentsche Veen en Middenkanaal Maatschappij, a company based in Dordrecht. In 1932, it was home to 832 people. In the 1950s, the economy became based on the textile industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Dordrecht” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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