| Nieuw-Buinen | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Borger-Odoorn |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village in the province of Drenthe |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 8 |
| Area Total Km2: | 23.03 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1823 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4,865 |
| 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: | 9521 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0599 |
Nieuw-Buinen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about north of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned in 1840 as Nieuw-Buinen. It is a peat excavation village which was founded in 1823. Nieuw (new) has been added to distinguish between Buinen.[3] The double canal was dug from Stadskanaal to excavate the peat in the area. In 1838, a glass factory opened in Nieuw-Buinen and was followed by another glass factory in 1840. In 1899, a potato starch factory was added.[4]
The glass industry played a big part in the development and growth of the village. Most of the skilled labourers were brought in from Germany.[5] In 1936 and 1938 takeovers took place and both factories became part of the Vereenigde Glasfabrieken (United Glassworks), leading to the closure of one of the factories in 1938. In 1967 the second factory closed as a result of dwindling sales, with glass packaging being replaced by cardboard and plastics.[6] In remembrance to the role the glassworks played, a statue, "de Glasblazer" ("the Glassblower"), was unveiled and placed on the Noorderdiep in 1974.
Nieuw-Buinen was home to 367 people in 1840.[7] The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1853 in neoclassic style and has an open tower. It was extended in 1904. Villa Flora was built between 1877 and 1879 by the owner of the glass factory. It is named after a cast iron statue of Flora, the goddess of spring.[4]