Daarlerveen is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

Overijssel Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Hellendoorn Hellendoorn (; Tweants: ''Heldern'' or ''Healndoorn'') is a municipality and town in the middle of the Dutch province of Overijssel. As of 2019, the municipality had a population of 35,808. There is an amusement park near the town of Hellendoorn ...

, about 2 km south of the town of

Vroomshoop Vroomshoop is a town located at the center of the municipality Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel and was founded around 1859. The earliest inhabitants lived from the peat that was found in the nearby area. Farmers from the Groningen ...

.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.

History

The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as Daarler Veen, and means "

peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...

excavation settlement belonging to

Daarle Daarle ( Dutch Low Saxon: ''Doarle'') is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel in the Salland region. It is part of the municipality of Hellendoorn. History The village was first mentioned the late-10th century as "in Darloe", and proba ...

". In 1850, the Overijssels Kanaal was dug, and excavation of the

raised bog Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation ( ombro ...

to east of Daarle started. During the excavation several archaeological finds were discovered including a wooden bridge and a canoe. In 1906, a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

opened in Daarlerveen on the

Mariënberg Mariënberg (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Mainbarg'' or ''Mainbarrug'') is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, and lies on the westside of the Vechte, Vecht river, between Hardenberg a ...

Almelo Almelo () is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, ...

railway line. The Dutch Reformed church is wooden aisleless church built in 1937 with a modest tower. On 30 November 1944, the ''

Sicherheitsdienst ' (, ''Security Service''), full title ' (Security Service of the ''Reichsführer-SS''), or SD, was the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Established in 1931, the SD was the first Nazi intelligence organization ...

'' discovered ƒ46 million (~€300 million in 2021) in a hay stack in Daalerveen. The money had been stolen during a bank robbery of the Dutch Resistance from a bank in

on 15 November 1944, and was intended to finance strikes. At the time, it was the biggest bank robbery in the history of the Netherlands. Nine people were arrested. Only the barkeeper Frielink survived the war; the others died in

Neuengamme concentration camp Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in Northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 near the village of Neuengamme in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, th ...

and Reyershorst.

Transportation

Daarlerveen railway station Daarlerveen is a railway station in Daarlerveen, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 October 1906 and is on the single track Mariënberg–Almelo railway. The line is primarily used by school children in the morning and afternoon. The sta ...

Gallery

File:Voor- en zijgevel Lit.- L. Koeten, Dus toch groningers ?, 1984 - Daarlerveen - 20476649 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Daarlerveen File:Station Daarlerveen.jpg, Railway station File:Opgraving prehistorie boot (200 jaar) Daarle (Hellendoorn), Bestanddeelnr 906-0726.jpg, Canoe from around 200 BC

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Salland Hellendoorn