Gieterveen
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| name = Gieterveen
| settlement_type = Village
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| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = De Eendracht Gieterveen.jpg
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| image_caption = The windmill
| image_flag = Gieterveen vlag.svg
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| image_map1 = Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Gieterveen.png
| map_caption1 = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Gieterveen in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Aa en Hunze
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| coordinates = {{coord|53|1|38|N|6|50|16|E|region:NL_type:city(995)|display=inline,title}}
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9511PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 10 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 4
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| area_total_km2 = 15.40
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| 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=10 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 875
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0599
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Gieterveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 19 km east of Assen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1458 as "Gheter vene", and means "peat (colony) belonging to Gieten.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/gieterveen |title=Gieterveen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}} Gieterveen developed after 1450 on a sandy ridge of the Hondsrug as a satellite of Gieten. It started as a peat excavation colony, and the rent of the houses used to be paid by peat. In 1840, it became an independent parish.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0043.php |title=Gieterveen |author=Ronald Stenvert |page=61 |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=10 April 2022}}
The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1840 and has been built in a neoclassic style. Around 1915, a consistory has been added to the back of the church.
Gieterveen was home to 595 people in 1840. The figure seems high,{{whom|date=March 2023}} but there were probably barracks for the nearby peat excavation projects.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/gieterveen |title=Gieterveen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Protestantske tsjerke fan Giterfean.jpg|Protestant church
File:Pastorie Broek5 Gieterveen.jpg|Former clergy house
File:Molenaarswoning Broek62 Gieterveen.jpg|Miller's home
File:Gieterveen 1905.jpg|Gieterveen in 1905
References
{{Aa en Hunze town}}
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Category:Populated places in Drenthe
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