Veenoord is a village in the

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and it 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 ...

. It forms a single urban area with Nieuw-Amsterdam.

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

stayed in the Scholte Inn during his Drenthe period.

History

Veenoord translates to "bog settlement". Even though this suggests a

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colony, it was never a property of a company or city. The settlement started in 1859 when the Verlengde Hoogeveensche vaart was dug. The name Veenoord first appeared in 1899. In 1907, the

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factory Excelsior opened in the village, and remained until 1980. In 1880, the Scholte Inn was built in Veenoord. In 1883,

spent three months in the inn during his Drenthe period. The building is publicly accessible and serves as a visitor centre. In 1916, the

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''Nooitgedacht'' was constructed in the village, and is the only monument of the village. In 1998, Veenoord became part of Emmen. The villages of Veenoord and Nieuw-Amsterdam have merged into a single urban area.

Gallery

File:Veenoord Nooitgedacht vanaf overzijde kanaal.jpg, Windmill ''Nooitgedacht'' File:Van Gogh Huis 2019 01.jpg, Scholte Inn where Vincent van Gogh stayed File:Bakery Veenoord.jpg, Bakery in Veenoord File:Ophaalbrug Nieuw-Amsterdam.jpg, Draw bridge in Veenoord

References

Populated places in Drenthe Emmen, Netherlands {{Drenthe-geo-stub