Donkerbroek
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| name = Donkerbroek
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = 20120804 Klokkenstoel en Hervormde Kerk Donkerbroek Fr NL.jpg
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| image_caption = Donkerbroek Church
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| image_map = Map NL Eaststellingwerf Donkerbroek.png
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| map_caption = Location in Ooststellingwerf municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Ooststellingwerf}} Ooststellingwerf
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 22.31
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8435SB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 5
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=1 April 2022}}
| population_total = 1,895
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Donkerbroek is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, the Netherlands. In 2017, it had a population of around 1,830.[https://www.ooststellingwerf.nl/inwoners/dorpen_42128/ Villages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928010218/https://www.ooststellingwerf.nl/inwoners/dorpen_42128/ |date=2017-09-28 }} - Ooststellingwerf Municipality {{in lang|nl}}
History
The village was first mentioned in 1408 as Duncbrueck. The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/donkerbroek |title=Donkerbroek - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} Donkerbroek probably developed in the 13th century along the Heerenveen to Assen road. Even though, it is located in a peat region, it is not an excavation village. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1714 as a replacement of an older church.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0096.php |title=Kollum |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=1 April 2022}} The church has a standalone belfry with two bells which have existed since at least 1723. In 1840, Donkerbroek was home to 669 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/donkerbroek |title=Donkerbroek |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Around 1900, some industry appeared along the canal. The cooperative purchasing association "Friesland" is an industrial complex from 1911 which is built in a combination of Rationalism and Jugendstil. The building contained a fodder factory.{{cite web|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=aankoopvereniging+Friesland+donkerbroek&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010617626:mpeg21:a0214&resultsidentifier=ddd:010617626:mpeg21:a0214&rowid=4 |title=Landbouwbank Steenwijk met Friese coöperaties |website=Leeuwarder Courant |date=17 December 1966|access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Opsterlandse-Compagniesvaart Donkerbroek brug.JPG|Bridge in Donkerbroek
File:Huis Ontwijk.JPG|Huis Ontwijk
File:Trabant - Simca (37499399202).jpg |Trabants and Simcas in Donkerbroek
File:Overzicht bedrijfscomplex met silo en directeurswoning - Donkerbroek - 20345938 - RCE.jpg|Complex of "Friesland"
References
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External links
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- [http://donkerbroek.nl Site of Donkerbroek]
{{Dutch municipality Ooststellingwerf}}
Category:Geography of Ooststellingwerf
Category:Populated places in Friesland
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