Noordscheschut is a village in the north of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of

Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; nds-nl, 't Ogeveine or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout ...

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

Noordscheschut is a settlement along a canal which developed in the 18th century for

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. It was first mentioned in the 1850s as Noordsche Schut, and means "northern sluice". In 2020, the local football club, VV Noordscheschut, promoted to the Hoofdklasse.

References

Hoogeveen Populated places in Drenthe {{Drenthe-geo-stub