De Krim is a village in the municipality of

Hardenberg Hardenberg (; nds-nl, Haddenbarreg or '' 'n Arnbarg'') is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands. The municipality of Hardenberg has a population of about 60,000, with about 19,000 living in the city. It recei ...

part of the 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 ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The village started as a

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excavation village.

History

In 1832, the Lutterhoofdwijk canal was dug as a side canal of the to excavate the

in the area, and a settlement developed along the canal. On 17 October 1857, it was first mentioned as De Krim (Dutch for

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). That year, there was a riot among the peat workers which was suppressed by the

Royal Marechaussee The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee ( nl, Koninklijke Marechaussee, abbreviated to KMar) is the national gendarmerie force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, performing military and civilian police duties. It is also one of the two national pol ...

; the heavy-handedness of the police action was compared to the

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. De Krim is a popular place name, and occurs 17 times in the Netherlands, including the nearby

Nieuwe Krim Nieuwe Krim is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Coevorden municipality in Drenthe. Nieuwe Krim is a statistical entity, but the postal authorities have placed it under Coevorden. It was first mentioned in 1913 as Dalerveld or Nieu ...

which begins with Nieuw (New) to distinguish from this village. In 1862, De Krim obtained an official concession to excavate the peat. From 1890 onwards, the economy was based on potatoes, and in 1906, a

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factory opened. In 1911, the factory closed, but reopened as a

cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

and was renamed Onder Ons (Between Us). The factory closed in 1990. In 2004, the former rinse water basin of the factory was turned into a nature area and bird reserve. A watchtower has been constructed for the

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s. Up to 2000, the main settlement was part of the municipality of

Gramsbergen Gramsbergen (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Grambarge'') is a small Dutch city on the Vechte, located in the municipality of Hardenberg and the province of Overijssel. The town is located on corridors of different transportation modes: The N34 (Zwolle - Emme ...

, however the remainder was part of

. On 1 January 2001, Gramsbergen was merged into Hardenberg.

Notable people

* Hermien Timmerman (1943–2003), Schlager singer part of the duo .

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Hardenberg