Kalenberg (Low Saxon: Kaelebarg) is a tourist hamlet within the

De Weerribben-Wieden National Park Weerribben-Wieden National Park (Dutch: ''Nationaal Park Weerribben-Wieden'') is a Dutch national park in the Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities in the Overijssel province. Comprising the largest bog of Northwestern Europe, the pa ...

in the Dutch 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 ...

. The hamlet belongs to the municipality of

Steenwijkerland Steenwijkerland (; nds-nl, Stienwiekerlaand or ''Steenwiekerlaand'') is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, in the eastern Netherlands. It was called Steenwijk before 2003. The municipality forms the entire northwesterly corner of the ...

. It was first mentioned in 1845 as Kalemberg, and means "bare hill". Kalenberg started as a

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 village. Later, it became an agricultural community. In 1840, it was home to 272 people. Nowadays, the economy is mainly based on tourism due to its location inside the Weerribben-Wieden National Park.

Gallery

File:Kalenberg Weerribben.jpg, Farms in the village File:20140310 In de Ribben1 door Frits Stoop en Alie Jager.jpg, Statue in Kalenberg File:Swamps of the Weerribben (Netherlands 2014) (14464005916).jpg, Swaps of the Weerribben File:Weerribben (2625008708).jpg, Sunset on the Weerribben

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Steenwijkerland