Bronneger is a small village in the

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province of

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Borger-Odoorn Borger-Odoorn () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe. The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well ...

, and lies about 18 km east of

Assen Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...

History

The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as "te Bronyncgem", and means "settlement of the people of Bruno (person)". Bronneger is an ''

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'' which developed as a satellite of

Drouwen Drouwen () is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 17 km east of Assen. History The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as "to Druwen". The etymology i ...

. It is an elongated settlement without a church. Bronneger was home to 90 people in 1840. In the 1990s, there was a

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and Buddhist monastery in Bronneger, however it moved

Makkinga Makkinga ( fy, Makkingea) is a village in the Dutch municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland. On 1 January 2017, it had 1,040 inhabitants. Makkinga is known among transportation planners and engineers as the first community to ...

. The owner was later involved in a sexual abuse scandal and the monastery has been dissolved.

Dolmen

There are five ''hunebedden'' (

dolmen A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were somet ...

) near Bronneger: D21-D25. ''Hunebed'' is one of the prettiest. It consists of three large capstone, and large

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 ...

tree next to the stones has taken the role of capstone as well. The site was investigated by

Albert Egges van Giffen Albert Egges van Giffen (14 March 1884 – 31 May 1973) was a Dutch archaeologist. Van Giffen worked at the University of Groningen and University of Amsterdam, where he was a professor of Prehistory and Germanic archaeology. He worked most of his ...

in 1918, and much pottery was discovered. The cellar measured 6.50 by 2.20 metres and had a height of 1.50 to 1.70 metres. A missing side stone was discovered in the cellar and has been placed back in its original position. is very small, and five stones are almost completely buried in the sand. is in good condition, and consists of four capstones and eight side stones. It is partially submerged in the sand..

Gallery

File:Bronneger.jpg, View of the hamlet Bronneger File:Hunebed-D21-bij-Bronneger.jpg, ''Hunebed'' (dolmen) D21 File:Boerderij Dorpsstraat17 Bronneger.jpg, Farm in Bronneger File:20200408 kanaal Buinen Schoonoord2.jpg, Draw bridge in Bronneger

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Drenthe Borger-Odoorn