Coevorden

Coevorden is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands.

Population centers

Aalden, Achterste Erm, Ballast, Benneveld, Bovensteenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Dalen, Dalerpeel, Dalerveen, De Bente, De Haar, De Kiel, De Mars, Den Hool, Diphoorn, Eldijk, Erm, Gees, Geesbrug, Grevenberg, 't Haantje, Holsloot, Hoogehaar, Kibbelveen, Klooster, Langerak, Meppen, Nieuwe Krim, Nieuwlande, Noord-Sleen, Oosterhesselen, Padhuis, Pikveld, Schimmelarij, Schoonoord, Sleen, Steenwijksmoer, Stieltjeskanaal, Valsteeg, Veenhuizen, Vlieghuis, Vossebelt, Wachtum, Weijerswold, Wezup, Wezuperbrug, Zweeloo and Zwinderen.

The city of Coevorden

Coevorden received city rights in 1408.

Two cities and a large island (and more) in North America, called Vancouver, have been named after George Vancouver, whose family name was in turn derived from 'Van Coevorden', meaning 'from Coevorden', hence the locations mentioned were indirectly named after this city.

't Haantje

't Haantje, pop. 230, is a small, relative young village situated along the Oranjekanaal (Orange canal), and between Noord-Sleen and Klijndijk. 't Haantje was founded in the latter half of the 19th century, when peat labourers spontaneously settled there.

On December 1, 1965, the village barely escaped a disaster. A French company working for the N.A.M. was drilling for gas, and started to lose control of the enormous gas pressure. During the afternoon, this resulted in a huge gas eruption – swallowing all of the drilling equipment. The gas eruption was eventually stopped by a cement injection from a new drilling hole. A small lake surrounded by a forest forms the permanent memory to this event.

Pikveld

Pikveld is a town with a population of about 2000, on the eastern edge of the city of Coevorden

Sleen

Sleen is a town with a population of around 2500. Sleen has the highest church tower in Drenthe, at about 56 meters.

External links

• Official website
• Map
• 't Haantje