Gieten

 ( Municipalities Of The Netherlands Disestablished In 1998 ) 

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

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History The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear. 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.

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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.

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

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

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Sports The Superprestige Gieten is an October cyclo-cross race held in Gieten, Netherlands, which is part of the Superprestige.

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Hazewind windmill

Reformed church

Categories: Municipalities Of The Netherlands Disestablished In 1998, Populated Places In Drenthe, Former Municipalities Of Drenthe, Aa En Hunze

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