Nieuw-Schoonebeek is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Emmen municipality in

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 ...

History

Nieuw-Schoonebeek started as a peat exploitation settlement along the road from Schoonebeek to Meppen. Around 1805, settlers from neighbouring Twist in Germany moved into the area. The village was officially founded in 1814. In 1849, a Catholic church was built in Nieuw-Schoonebeek, and was replaced in 1966–67 with a new church. The tower of the old church has remained standing. In 1943, oil was discovered in neighbouring Schoonebeek. The population successfully sabotaged the wells which prevented the Germans from knowing much oil was underneath the ground. After the war, pumpjacks became a feature of the landscape around the village. About 190 wells were dug in Nieuw-Schoonebeek. Nieuw-Schoonebeek is home to several boôs, little sheds where cow shepherds could spend the night with their cattle.

Notable people

Pascal Huser Pascal Huser (born 17 April 1995) is a Dutch football player who plays for ACV Assen. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for MVV Maastricht on 25 January 2015 in a game against VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' st ...

(born 1995), footballer

Gallery

File:Boô.jpg, Hekman's boô File:Garage Pieper.JPG, Automobile repair shop File:Grensovergang Nieuw-Schoonebeek en Twist.JPG, Border crossing

References

Populated places in Drenthe Emmen, Netherlands 1814 establishments in the Netherlands {{Drenthe-geo-stub