't Haantje, pop. 230, is a small, relative young village in Drente, northwest of Emmen, but part of the municipality of Coevorden in the Netherlands in Europe. The village, situated along the Oranjekanaal (Orange canal), and between Noord-Sleen and Klijndijk was founded in the latter half of the 19th century, when peat labourers spontaneously settled there. Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. ... Emmen is either: Emmen, a town/municipality in the Netherlands Emmen, a town/municipality in Lucerne, Switzerland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Coevorden is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetable matter. ...
On December 1, 1965, the village barely escaped a disaster. A French company working for the N.A.M. was drilling for gas, and started to lose control of the enormous gas pressure. During the afternoon, this resulted in a huge gas eruption - swallowing all of the drilling equipment. The gas eruption was eventually stopped by a cement injection from a new drilling hole. A small lake surrounded by a forest forms the permanent memory to this event. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... In the general sense, a cement (Latin caementum) is any material with adhesive properties. ...
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