Zorgvlied is a village in the
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province of
Drenthe
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. It is a part of the municipality of
Westerveld
Westerveld () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.
The municipality Westerveld was established in 1998 out of the municipalities of Diever, Dwingeloo, Havelte, and Vledder.
Westerveld is crossed by a channel, the ''Drentsche Hoofdva ...
, and lies about 23 km west of
Assen
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.
The municipality received its name by the former villa "Zorgvlied".
History
From 1819 to 1823, the
Maatschappij van Weldadigheid purchased large areas of heather around Groot and Klein Wateren in the market of
Diever
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and
Wateren
Wateren is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 22 km west of the provincial capital Assen
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. The
Institute of Agriculture was founded in 1823 against the
Frisian border. This school was one of the first in the Netherlands. Until 1859 she - the school was also known as the "teachers school" - functioned as a training institute for the Society of Humanitarianism.
The building is still clearly recognizable in the village (to the right of the Roman Catholic Church) and accommodates today home to four elderly people.
In 1859, the grounds and the school were sold to J.F.de Ruyter de Wildt, a distant relative of the famous
admiral Michiel de Ruyter. De Ruyter de Wildt built the villa "Castera Vetera", which was completed in 1862.
In 1879 it was sold to Lodewijk Guillaume Verwer. Who called the villa "Huize Zorgvlied". He brought tobacco growers from
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and
Frisian Catholic farmers to his estate. In 1880 he started in a house chapel with Roman Catholic worship services. In 1893, the parish of Wateren-Zorgvlied became a reality in this small Catholic enclave. From 1994 to 2003, the parish priest of this parish was J.H.J. (Hans) van den Hende, who later became bishop of
Breda
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and
Rotterdam
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.
Verwer died in 1910. He left 250 ha of land with villas and farms. "Huize Zorgvlied" was demolished in 1930, but the name survived as the name of a village that is now an important tourist centre.
Gallery
File:Zorgvlied-Obadjakapeln.jpg, Chapel
File:Voorgevels - Zorgvlied - 20225122 - RCE.jpg, Zorgvlied
References
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Populated places in Drenthe
Westerveld