A time journey through thing district Noordenveld
Veenhuizen, Norg, Allardsoog
A thing jurisdiction is a historical legal district and probably dates from the early Middle Ages. The Landschap Drenthe, predecessor of the province of Drenthe, consisted of six thing districts. Noordenveld was the fifth thing district. All the places you cycle through with this route fell into this fifth thing jurisdiction. But the history of the Noordenveld goes back even further. This region, located on the Drents Plateau, was formed by the penultimate ice age. The first habitation dates back to the Late Stone Age, some 11,000 years BC. Fist axes have been found in the soil of the first hunters and gatherers who settled here. The dolmens are also traces of the prehistoric population. On the route, you can visit Hunebed D2. You cycle further into the Middle Ages, the period when the district of Noordenveld was formed. This era is mainly characterised by struggles for power. Yet the region remained quite stable and independent all this time. Itinerant and marauding gangs were kept out by a border wall: the Landweer Allardsoog. Discover this defensive work - now a national monument - on the route. Next, we enter the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). From Groningen, the Spanish armies made their advance towards Noordenveld, before conquering Friesland. The old road across the Zwartendijksterschans was the only connecting road between Drenthe and Friesland at the time. The inhabitants of Noordenveld thought they could put a stop to it by building an entrenchment on the dyke in 1593, but the Spaniards managed to pass the entrenchment unseen anyway... We won't let you pass the entrenchment unseen today. Dismount at this dismount and learn more about this military stronghold. You will then cycle into the 18th and 19th centuries, after the birth of the Batavian Republic as part of the French Republic in 1795. In 1806, Napoleon proclaimed the 'United Kingdom of the Netherlands' and put his brother Louis Napoleon in charge. After his fall in 1813, Napoleon left the country in poverty. General Johannes van den Bosch came up with a plan to solve the poverty and sky-high unemployment rates in 1817. The Maatschappij van Weldadigheid was established and seven agricultural colonies were founded, including Veenhuizen. You cycle past the domed church, the prison and the information centre of this Colony of Weldadigheid. End your historical journey with a tribute to the victims of World War II. Visit the impressive monument on the spot where ten Dutch prisoners were shot and buried by the Germans. This route takes you on an unforgettable journey through time, full of fascinating stories and historical highlights not to be missed!
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Hoofdweg 2, 9337 PA Noordenveld | 39.4 KM | |
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From
80
to
84
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1431 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Hoofdweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 84 | 0 M | ||
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From
84
to
63
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2882 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head southwest on Norgerweg | 2.9 KM | ||
| You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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From
63
to
78
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3377 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head west | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Kerklaan | 941 M | ||
| Turn left onto Meidoornlaan | 674 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oude Gracht | 91 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oude Gracht | 203 M | ||
| You are now at section 78 | 0 M | ||
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From
78
to
88
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3770 M | 3.8 KM | |
| Head northeast on Oude Gracht | 312 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hospitaallaan | 503 M | ||
| Turn left onto Eikenlaan | 782 M | ||
| Turn right onto Dominee Germsweg | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
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From
88
to
86
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844 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head northwest on Veenhuizerweg | 797 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 47 M | ||
| You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
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From
86
to
95
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4398 M | 4.4 KM | |
| Head southwest | 2.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Elleboogsvaart | 10 M | ||
| Turn right onto Norgerweg - Elleboogsvaart | 10 M | ||
| Turn left onto Elleboogsvaart | 61 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Elleboogsvaart | 24 M | ||
| Turn right onto Slotemaker de Bruïneweg | 1.8 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Norgerweg | 138 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 30 M | ||
| You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
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From
95
to
11
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6812 M | 6.8 KM | |
| Head northwest | 28 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 81 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 915 M | ||
| Turn right | 22 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hoofdweg-Boven (N917) | 241 M | ||
| Turn right onto Smidslaantje | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Mandefjild | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn right | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Nije Drintse Wei | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 11 | 0 M | ||
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From
11
to
68
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5713 M | 5.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Bakkeveenseweg | 851 M | ||
| Turn right onto Verlengde Vennootsweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left | 431 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bakkeveenseweg | 2.5 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Amerika | 788 M | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
65
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1104 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head east | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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From
65
to
70
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1674 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head northeast on Hoofdstraat | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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From
70
to
94
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3307 M | 3.3 KM | |
| Head southeast | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Westerstukkenweg | 773 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wiltenkamp | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 94 | 0 M | ||
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From
94
to
87
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2218 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Wiltenkamp | 266 M | ||
| Continue straight | 9 M | ||
| Turn right onto Langeloërweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| Make a slight right onto Larixlaan | 66 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Langeloërweg | 174 M | ||
| Turn left onto Langeloërweg (N373) | 430 M | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
to
80
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1837 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head southeast on Brink (N373) | 647 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 390 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Hoofdweg | 800 M | ||
| You are now at section 80 | 0 M |