Sights and landmarks in Drenthse Veenkoloniën

Sights and landmarks in Drenthse Veenkoloniën

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   Dolmen D52

   Hunebed D52

   D52 isn't a particularly good case of a dolmen. It is attributed to the funnel beaker culture (4350 - 2750 BC). It consists of a gatestone and six roofstones. The Dutch state only purchased the land and the dolmen in 1871, and written documents state that just over fifty years before purchase, this dolmen contained more stones than it does today. The dolmen contained some earthenware and a single flint arrow tip. Nearby, along the Boerweg, an accompanying stone cist was found, containing five funnel beakers, a plate, nursing bottle, axes, arrow tips and a Barnstone bead.

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   Huis van Weldadigheid

   The House of Benevolence / Museum de Proefkolonie

   Aside from a museum on the experimental colony, the House of Benevolence also includes the visitor centre for Frederiksoord.

   Closed · opens 10 am tomorrow

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   Museum of False Art

   Hosted in the former town hall of Vledder, the museum displays many items, forgeries and non-forgeries, to display even the best of counterfeit art.

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   OERmuseum West-Drenthe

   Museum focussed on the prehistory of West-Drenthe, from the Palaeolithic era to the early Middle Ages. In its permanent exhibitions you will find a mammoth-expo and archaeological artefacts from all prehistoric periods relevant to the Netherlands. Adding to this, there are local finds on display that are changed yearly.

   Tue, We, Fi-Sun: 13:30 - 17:00; Thu: 13:00-17:00

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   Rustoord II

   Once the end of the 19th century rolled around, the age of some of the colonists required different facilities. One of these were retirement homes. Rustoord II is one of them, catering to 25 unmarried or widowed elderly, while Rustoord I housed eight elderly couples.

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   Frederiksoord

   Colony I

   The initial two colonies, including the 'experimental colony' are found in Frederiksoord, which is named after Prince Frederik, the second son of king William I and brother to the later king William II.

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   Hotel Frederiksoord

   Logement Frederiksoord

   Predating the colonies, the hotel was built as a pub, but once the Society of Benevolence settled in the vicinity, it was expanded to also have several rooms, and in 1821 a directors' house was built to the side of the building, which allowed the colony's overseer to have a clear view of which colonists were drinking too much. The building got sold in 1885, which is when it got its modern name. Going bankrupt in 2009, the new owners still operate a hotel from this building.

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   Wilhelminaoord

   Colony II

   The colonies of Wilhelminaoord, Boschoord and Oostvierdeparten were founded between 1820 and 1822, and merged into Colony II in 1825. The colonies are linked together and link to Frederiksoord as well.

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   Reformed Church

   Koningin Wilhelminalaan 53

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    Museum de Koloniehof

    Koningin Wilhelminalaan 87, Frederiksoord

    Tue-Sun: 10:00-17:00

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Drenthse Veenkoloniën (CC BY-SA 4.0).