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The Strubben–Kniphorstbos is a nature reserve of 377 hectares, located between

Anloo Anloo is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 10 km east of Assen. History The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Anloe. The etymology in unclear. Anloo is an ''es ...

and

Schipborg Schipborg is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 11 km northeast of Assen. The village was first mentioned between 1298 and 1304 as Borc, and is a combination of a tree ...

in the Dutch 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 ...

.Encyclopedie Drenthe Online: De Strubben-Kniphorstbos
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Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The park's composite name is derived from the 'stubby'

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

s in the area, and by , who was in the 19th century the owner of the then

heathlands A heath () is a shrubland habitat (ecology), habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great B ...

. Beginning in 1938, the site was for the most part of the 20th century used as a military training ground.

Reserve

In 2006 the area was placed under the administration of

Staatsbosbeheer Staatsbosbeheer, founded in 1899, is a Dutch government organization for forestry and the management of nature reserves. Staatsbosbeheer currently oversees over 250,000 hectares of land in the Netherlands. Usually this land is open to the public ...

and designated as an archaeological

national monument A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's founding, independence, war, or the life and death of a historical figure. The term may also refer to a spec ...

. The layout of the forest was then managed according to the landscape approach, taking into account the historical land use in different periods. As a nature reserve, the reserve partly falls under the

Drentsche Aa The Drentsche Aa () is a river rising in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Drenthe, flowing through Drenthe and for the last part the province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It ends in the Schipsloot near Haren, which flows into the Noord-Wi ...

area, a

Natura 2000 Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectively ...

area. The province of Drenthe is rich in archaeological remains of the

funnelbeaker culture The Funnel(-neck-)beaker culture, in short TRB or TBK (german: Trichter(-rand-)becherkultur, nl, Trechterbekercultuur; da, Tragtbægerkultur; ) was an archaeological culture in north-central Europe. It developed as a technological merger of lo ...

, with 54 extant

dolmen A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were somet ...

s, of which two (D7 and D8) are within the boundaries of the reserve. It also houses some sixty

burial mound Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

s. 20171107 De Strubben-Kniphorstbosch (grafheuvel).jpg, One of the burial mounds in the area Hunebed D7 Kniphorstbos bij Anloo.jpg, Dolmen D7 Hunebed D8 Kniphorstbos bij Anloo.jpg, Dolmen D8 20171107 De Strubben Kniphorstbosch2.jpg, Forest road

References

External links

Cultural historical inventory of the Strubben-Kniphorstbos
on ''www.drentscheaa.nl'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Strubben-Kniphorstbos Nature reserves in the Netherlands Forests of the Netherlands Archaeological sites in the Netherlands Geography of Drenthe Aa en Hunze