Valthermond is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 18 km north of Emmen.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as Valther Mond, and means "(canal) which has its mouth (in a main canal) belonging to Valthe". It is named after the eponymous canal which was dug in 1833 to excavate the peat in the area. A second canal was later dug, and that village and canal were named 2e Valthermond.[3] The village was founded in 1853, and is one of the longest excavation settlements of the Netherlands.[4]
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1883, and a tower was added in 1925. A Baptist church was built in 1914, and is one of the few Baptist churches in the Netherlands other than the Mennonite churches.[4] Valthermond used to have a railway station on the Stadskanaal to Ter Apel border railway line between 1924 and 1935. It is in use by a museum railway line.[5] The former steam forge dates from the 1920s and used to make railway carriage and bridge parts for the peat excavation. It became a provincial monument in 2015.[6]
Gallery
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Street view -
Railway line -
Farm in Valthermond -
Office and residential home of the peat excavation company
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 7876AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Valthermond (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b Ronald Stenvert (2001). Valthermond (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. p. 61. ISBN 90 400 9454 3. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "station Musselkanaal- Valthermond". Stationsweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Valthermond". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Valthermond at Wikimedia Commons
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