| 't Waar | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Groningen |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oldambt |
| Coordinates: | 53.2253°N 6.9519°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of 't Waar in the province of Groningen |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.49 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 115 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9942 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0598 |
t Waar (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ət ʋaːr/) is a village in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Oldambt, just north of the village of Nieuw-Scheemda.[3]
The villages was first mentioned in 1781 as 't Waar, and means sluice.[4] It refers to a sluice constructed in 1622 in the to regulate the water flow.[5]
't Waar was home to 451 people in 1840.[5] Between 1910 and 1934, there was a joint railway station with Nieuw-Scheemda on the Zuidbroek to Delfzijl railway line.[6] On 15 April 1945, the village celebrate its liberation when German soldiers threw handgrenades into the crowd killing five civilians and one Polish soldier. In 1995, a memorial was placed on the site.[7] [5]
't Waar was part of the municipality of Scheemda until 1990 when it became part of Nieuwolda. Since 2010, it is part of Oldambt.[5]