Gieten

Gieten is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km east of Assen.

Gieten
Village
Zicht op Gieten vanaf de Hondsrugweg
Flag Coat of arms
The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Gieten in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.
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Coordinates: 53°0′19″N 6°45′47″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Municipality	Aa en Hunze
Area [1]
• Total	24.74 km2 (9.55 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	5,030
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9461[1]
Dialing code	0592

History

The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear.^[3] Gieten is an esdorp which developed in the Early Middle Ages on the Hondsrug as a satellite of Anloo. The village started to developed where the road from Groningen to Coevorden intersected with a road to Assen. The former village Bonnen was located to the east and contained the havezate Entinge from 1648 until its demolition in 1768.^[4]

The Dutch Reformed Church dates from at least 1302. In 1626, it was heavily damaged during the Dutch Revolt, and rebuilt. The tower was built in 1804 as a replacement of a 17th-century tower.^[4]

Gieten was home to 464 people 1840.^[5] Between 1905 and 1947, a railway station on the Gasselternijveen to Assen railway line was located in Gieten. The building was demolished in 1969.^[6]

Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze.^[7]

Sports

The Superprestige Gieten is an October cyclo-cross race held in Gieten, Netherlands, which is part of the Superprestige.^[5]

Gallery

• 
  Hazewind windmill
• 
  Reformed church
• 
  Hotel in Gieten
• 
  Former town hall

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 9461AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
3. "Gieten". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
4. Ronald Stenvert (2001). Gieten (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. p. 61. ISBN 90 400 9454 3. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
5. "Gieten". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
6. "station Gieten". Stationsweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
7. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.