Twenterand

( Listen? / I ) Twenterand is a municipality in the Netherlands, Overijssel province. Their total area is 118.1 km ². She had on 1 January 2013, according to the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek 33 966 inhabitants.

Places

The municipality includes the villages of Vriezenveen as the seat of the municipal administration, Den Ham, Vroomshoop, Bruinehaar, Geerdijk and Wester -Vriezenveensewijk.

Location and economic

The municipality is located north of Almelo in a bog. It is crossed by the railway Mariënberg - Almelo with several stops. Almelo and Nijverdal are nearby centers. The village contains many farmers and commuters who work in Almelo live. Further, all villages have a commercial area with several dozen small industrial and commercial establishments.

History

Den Ham originated in the Middle Ages on the trade Almelo Ommen. It was known in the 17th century because of its many hostels. Den Ham has remained a traditional farming village.

Vriezenveen originated in the Middle Ages, when the lord of the castle Almelo let colonize its location here lands of friezes. They put high moor dry to reduce peat. This industry specific area of the economy to about 1925. For residents had to earn the little peat. Many began from about 1700 an existence as a peddler of textiles, laces, tobacco, etc., at first only in the region and in Lower Saxony. This resulted in a trade with St. Petersburg in Russia. With the carts " Rusluie " ( Russian people ) traveled to three weeks for Berlin and Königsberg in East Prussia there. Soon, founded Vriezenveener dealer companies in this city and even enjoyed the clientele of the Tsar and his royal household. The traders had in St. Petersburg has its own church, preached in the Vriezenveener dialect. Some Vriezenveener dealer had there even a villa. In 1890 went back to the trade, and with the October Revolution of 1917 was over this period: All Vriezenveener returned to their village.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries created the peat Vroomshoop ( around 1860, after the application of a channel ), Westerhaar, among others Geerdijk After all of the peat was stung, the land was used as farmland. Most inhabitants live on agriculture since then.

Attractions

In Vriezenveen there is a small museum (Oud Vriezenveen ) with exhibits and photos among other things, the " Rusluie " and the peculiar dialect of the village. The Open Air Museum ( Veenmuseum ) reminiscent of peat.

A remnant of the old bog " Engbertsdijksvenen " is still preserved as a nature reserve. It can be visited from time to time with a nature guide.