Norgervaart
Norgervaart est un hameau néerlandais de la province de Drenthe. Norgervaart s'étend le long du canal du même nom, qui lui a donné son nom. De par son étendue, le hameau se trouve à cheval sur trois communes : Noordenveld (Huis ter Heide), Midden-Drenthe (Bovensmilde) et Assen.
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Norgervaart is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe. It is located along the eponymous canal. The canal between Norg and Huis ter Heide was completed in 1816.
Norgervaart is not a statistical entity, and is listed under Huis ter Heide in the postal code. There are about 20 houses in Norgervaart.
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Huis ter Heide is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe.
Huis ter Helde started as an inn from 1777 near the sluice. During the 18th century, the heath was cultivated and some farms appeared around the inn. In 1840, the population of Huis ter Heide was 40 people. The inn was rebuilt in 1886, and is currently in use as a farm.
On 7 to 8 April 1945, during World War II, 15 Free French paratroopers were dropped in Huis ter Heide as part of Operation Amherst. They had found refugee in farm, but were betrayed. The farm was set on fire, and three soldiers burnt alive. Three others were killed during the fighting. There is a monument for the French paratroopers at Huis ter Heide.
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Witten is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Assen municipality in Drenthe.
Witten is a statistical entity, however the postal authority have placed it under Assen. It was first mentioned in 1294 as Withen. The etymology is not clear. In 1815, it became part of the municipality of Assen. In 1840, it was home to 86 people.
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Bovensmilde is a village in the Netherlands' province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about six kilometers southwest of Assen.
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On the morning of Monday 23 May 1977, four armed South-Moluccans took 105 children and their five teachers hostage at a primary school in Bovensmilde, Netherlands. At the same time nine others hijacked a train in the nearby De Punt. Both hostage crises lasted for twenty days before they were neutralized by military interventions.