Gasselternijveen | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Gasselternijveen.png |
Map Caption1: | The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Gasselternijveen 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 |
Coordinates: | 52.9867°N 6.8472°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.61 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1,785 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
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 |
Postal Code: | 9514 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0599 |
Gasselternijveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 20 km east of Assen.
The village was first mentioned in 1739 as "Nieuw Gasselter Veen", and means "new peat colony of Gasselte.[3]
A canal was built around 1663 by Johan Struyck to excavate the peat in the area. The colony wasn't very successfully until 1819 when the Gasselternijveenschemond was dug and connected the village to Stadskanaal. By 1844, the original canal had silted and could no longer be used.[3]
Until the early 20th-century it was mainly a village of skippers and traders.[4] Gasselternijveen was home to 488 people in 1840.[5] The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1858 and 1859, and a tower was added in 1879.[4]
Between 1905 and 1947, Gasselternijveen was connected to both the Zwolle to Stadskanaal railway and a branch line to Assen. The building was torn in 1966.[6]