Roden () is a town in the
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province of
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 ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Noordenveld
Noordenveld () is a municipality in the northeastern part of the Netherlands.
Population centres
Water Board Noordenveld
Noordenveld is also the name of a former Water Board, which had its office in Roden. Water Board Noordenveld arose from ...
, about 16 km (10 miles) southwest of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Rothen, and means "settlement near a clearing in the forest". Roden 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 in the Early Middle Ages. It has a large ''brink'' (village square) near the church and a double triangular ''brink'' around what is nowadays called Julianaplein.
The Dutch Reformed church has three aisles and dates from the 13th century. The tower has a constricted needle spire which dates from the 15th or 16th century. The church was extended in the 15th century. The church was restored several times during the
Dutch Revolt
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) (Historiography of the Eighty Years' War#Name and periodisation, c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and t ...
due to war damage.
Huis Mensinge or Huis te Roden is a ''
havezate
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals wi ...
'' (manor house) which was built in the 15th century as a replacement of an estate from 1381. It was plundered by
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
in 1498. The building received its current shape in 1728. In 1985, it was sold to the municipality and now contains a museum.
Roden was home to 1,889 people in 1840.
In the 1950s, it started to develop as an industrial centre. The
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute was established in the town as the astronomy department of the
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen in ...
, and it started to develop as a commuter town for
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
. Many of the nearby hamlets have been annexed.
An ''
Ot en Sien
''Ot en Sien'' is a Dutch children's book
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre ...
'' statue, the main characters from a famous Dutch children's book, has been placed on the village square.
Roden was a separate municipality until 1998, when it merged into the municipality of Noordenveld as a part of municipal reorganisations,
however it is still the capital of the municipality.
Notable people
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Peter Dijkstra
Peter Dijkstra (born 11 June 1978) is a Dutch conductor, especially of choirs and vocal ensembles.
Born in Roden, Drenthe, Dijkstra sang in his youth in Jongenskoor Roder, a boys' choir, which his father, Bouwe Dijkstra, founded in 1985. He sang t ...
(born 1978), conductor
Gallery
File:RodenChurch.jpg, Church of Roden
File:Groepsaccommodatie de Zwerfsteen 2011.jpg, Holiday home
File:20201118 Kapteyn Sterrenwacht Roden.jpg, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
File:Dezulthe.jpg, Villa Dezulthe
References
External links
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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998
Former municipalities of Drenthe
Populated places in Drenthe
Noordenveld