 Van Gogh House in Nieuw-Amsterdam Nieuw-Amsterdam is a village in Drenthe, The Netherlands, bordering the village of Veenoord: Tweelingdorp, a common name for both municipalites, reflects this topographical relationship. For example, the train station was located in Veenoord, while its exit was in Nieuw-Amsterdam. Nevertheless, up to the restructuration of the municipalities in Drenthe, in 1998, both villages were separated by administrative structures. Since then, both villages are part of the municipality of Emmen. Capital Assen Queens Commissioner A.L. (Relus) ter Beek Religion (1999) Protestant 35% Catholic 8% Area • Land • Water 2,642 km² (7th) 38 km² Population (2005) • Total • Density 483,173 (10th) 183/km² (12th) Inclusion 1796 Anthem Mijn Drenthe Official website www. ...
Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
Emmen is a city in the Dutch province of Drenthe. ...
History
In 1850 kocht een groep Amsterdamse beleggers een stuk veengrond en noemden het naar hun woonplaats: Amsterdamscheveld. De nederzetting die enkele jaren later aan de Verlengde Hoogeveense Vaart gebouwd werd, kreeg vanzelfsprekend de naam Nieuw-Amsterdam. De nederzetting ontwikkelde zich snel doordat er turf werd verhandeld. Drenthe kreeg hierdoor de bijnaam Drents Californië. Alleen zat er geen goud in de grond, maar turf.
Van belang voor de ontwikkeling van het dorp is de Verlengde Hoogeveensevaart geweest.
Het dorp is gelegen aan de spoorlijn van Zwolle to Emmen. Deze lijn is in 1905 geopend en destijds aangelegd door de NOLS. Daarvoor had Nieuw-Amsterdam al twee stoomtramverbindingen. Het station van DSM werd geopend in 1899 en dat van de EDS in 1903. Country: Netherlands Province: Overijssel Coordinates: 52°30′ N 6°5′ E Area - Land - Water 119. ...
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. ...
Churches The ("Hervormde kerk") was erected in 1873 by the architect H. C. Winters. The ("gereformeerde kerk") with its paraboloidal roof was built in 1925, based on the design by architect W. van Straten. The names of both churches can be translated in English as "Reformed Church"
Vincent van Gogh Most of the time Vincent van Gogh spent in Drenthe, in autumn 1883, he lodged with Scholte in Nieuw-Amsterdam. Today, Scholte's lodging house is known as the Van Gogh House (Van Gogh Huis). Recently, the municipality of Emmen planned to lay down the building, but in the last moment this decision was revised. Today, it houses a restaurant and a museum. Vincent van Gogh (; Dutch: ) (March 30, 1853 in Zundert – July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, classified as a Post-Impressionist. ...
The Ophaalbrug in Nieuw-Amsterdam is probably the most popular work Van Gogh executed during his stay in Nieuw-Amsterdam.
Even more popular is the oral tradition accompanying Van Gogh at whatever place he stayed for a while: So, also in Nieuw-Amsterdam he is said to have paid the rent with his paintings, but the landlord could not estimate their value and burnt them.
Resources Initial version translated from nl.wikipedia
Notes
References - Dijk, Wout J., & van der Sluis, Meent W.: De Drentse tijd van Vincent van Gogh, Boon uitgeverij, Groningen 2001 ISBN 90-75913-18-4
External links * Dorpsarchief Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord * Van Gogh Drenthe Coordinates: 52°48′N 6°44′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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