Den Ham ɛn ɦɑmis a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

Overijssel Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Twenterand Twenterand (; Twents: ) is a municipality in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. The name means "edge of Twente" as it is situated on the northwestern fringe of the historical region of Twente. The municipality of Twenterand als ...

, about 15 km northwest of

Almelo Almelo () is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, ...

. Den Ham was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Vriezenveen. It was subsequently renamed ''

'' in 2002.

History

Den Ham is an ''

esdorp __NOTOC__ 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 was first mentioned in 1333. 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 ...

it was under frequent attack. In 1840, it was home to 748 people. It the mid-19th century, it was surpassed by

Vroomshoop Vroomshoop is a town located at the center of the municipality Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel and was founded around 1859. The earliest inhabitants lived from the peat that was found in the nearby area. Farmers from the Groninge ...

which had better connections to the outside world. In 1914, the dairy factory De Eensgezindheid opened in Den Ham.

Gallery

File:Den Ham, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM19999 foto2 2014-10-04 15.37.jpg, Den Ham, reformed church File:Voorgevel - Ham, Den - 20100170 - RCE.jpg, Former town hall (1966) File:Den Ham Klokkenstoel.JPG, Bell tower File:Overzicht voorgevel en rechter zijgevel - Den Ham - 20350981 - RCE.jpg, Dairy factory in Den Ham

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001 Populated places in Overijssel Former municipalities of Overijssel Salland Twenterand {{Overijssel-geo-stub