Staphorst
Staphorst ( listen? / I ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, Overijssel province. It has a total area of approximately 136 km ². Their population was 16,267 on 1 January 2013.
The municipality comprises the villages Staphorst as the seat of the municipal administration, Rouveen, IJhorst, and the place Punthorst.
Location and economic
Staphorst lies in a bog 6 km south of Meppel and 20 km north of Zwolle, on the highway A 28 Zwolle - Meppel - Groningen / Leeuwarden. The railway line between these cities through the town, a train station has Staphorst not.
The community is rich in dairy farms. There is some metal, woodworking and plastics industry. The east of the community at IJhorst is sandy and rich in forests, there tourism is important.
History and character
The villages emerged in the 13th century, when farmers settled to make the bog reclaimed peat and to win. The long-drawn Staphorst, the way imperceptibly merges into Rouveen to the south, was over the centuries a number of times, including its village street (which is part of the ancient trade route Zwolle - Groningen was ) completely demolished and rebuilt on something.
The village consists of characteristic, partially painted green farms, mostly from the years 1800 to 1920, on narrow, mile-long plots. Most residents of this community belong to orthodox Calvinist churches. As in the fishing village Spakenburg wear on Sundays, especially the older women still have traditional costumes. On these days, taking photographs for a visitor applies.
A museum farm was set up in the center in order to offer the visitor an insight into the life in this village.
Attractions
- Museum Farm
- Forest at IJhorst with many campsites etc.
- On weekdays, you can get a good idea of Staphorst, considering the long village street ( " Gemeenteweg " ) departs by bicycle
Sports
The most famous club in the community is the "Sport Vereniging Staphorst ". Your first football team in 2009 for the first time, went into the Hoofdklasse, the then highest Dutch amateur league and must therefore call the " third division ". Club colors are blue and yellow, analogous to those of the community.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Arjan Smit (born 1978 ), Dutch inline speed skaters and speed skaters
Personalities who have worked on site
- Roelof Frankot (1911-1984), a Dutch artist who lived from 1942 to 1948 with his wife in Staphorst
- Abe Lenstra (1920-1985), a Dutch footballer who spent his last years in Staphorst