Vroomshoop is a town located at the center of the municipality

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 ...

in the

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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 ...

and was founded around 1859. The earliest inhabitants lived from the

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that was found in the nearby area. Farmers from the

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 ...

area played an important role by the excavated peat into farmland here. They settled mainly on the Tonnendijk Road. The Groninger-farms are still on the Tonnendijk.

History

In 1859, the canal Almelo-De Haandrik was dug, and a

colony developed along the canal. Around 1875, the economy became based on potatoes and colonists from Groningen and Drenthe settled in the area. The Saint Willibrord Church was finished in 1868. In 1906, the village still contained 109

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s. In 2009, the village of

Geerdijk Geerdijk is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Twenterand. It became a village in 2009. History Geerdijk was founded in the mid-19th century along the canal Almelo–De Haandrik as a peat excava ...

separated from Vroomshoop.

Transportation

In 1906 a train station was built in Vroomshoop, because of the NOLS track from Mariënberg to

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, ...

. The Original name for this station was "Den Ham - Vroomshoop", it was changed to "Vroomshoop" in 1952 because of the distance in between Den Ham and Vroomshoop. Since 2014

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at Vroomshoop.

Triathlon

Triatlon Vroomshoop started as a one-off event in 2009 has now become an annual event which hosts approximately 700 athletes every year. Starting 2016 it has also been the host of the Schuiteman 2deDivisie Noord, a part of the national second division championship.

Dragon boat Festival

For the 6th time in 2014 organised by "de Smoezen", Vroomshoops carnival association. A Chinese tradition at the canal, a spectacular boat race by different regional teams.Drakenbootfestival.nl/vroomshoop
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Notable people

Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Since 2014, he has competed in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO K ...

, 2012 BDO World Darts Champion *

Jarno Hams Jarno Hams (born 1974) is a strongman from the Netherlands. He participated in the World's Strongest Man in 2002 and 2003, but failed to qualify for the finals both times. Hams is a 7-time winner of Strongest Ma ...

, 7 times Strongest man of the Netherlands

Gallery

File:Vroomshoop.jpg, Aerial view of Vroomshoop File:Overzicht voorgevel en linker zijgevel, villa - Vroomshoop - 20350786 - RCE.jpg, Villa Vroomshoop File:Station Vroomshoop.jpg, Vroomshoop railway station File:Overzicht westgevel met kerktoren - Vroomshoop - 20350785 - RCE.jpg, Church in Vroomshoop

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Salland Twente Twenterand