Lemele is a village in the
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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 a part of the municipality of
Ommen
Ommen () is a municipality and a Hanseatic city in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the Vecht valley of the Salland region in Overijssel. Historical records first name Ommen in the early 12th century and it was officially founded as a ...
, and lies about 20 km northwest of
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, ...
.
History
Lemele is an ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...
'' which developed on the foot of the , a remnant of the
Last Glacial Period.
It was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as Lemelo, and means "clay near open forest". In 1840, it was home to 258 people.
In 1863, it formed a short-lived municipality with
Archem
Archem is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 20 km northwest of Almelo
Almelo () is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in th ...
.
Notable people
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Peter Schulting (born 1987), cyclist
Gallery
Image:Lemele, kerk foto2 2010-07-03 11.53.JPG, Church of Lemele
Image:Nyebrug.jpg, A map from 1559 showing the ''Lemelerberg''
File:Hooiberg, boerderij en schaapskooi nr. ACZ 20 repro Van Houten - Lemele - 20467570 - RCE.jpg, Old picture of farm and sheep pen
References
Populated places in Overijssel
Ommen
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