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Roelof van Echten Lock

Roelof van Echten Lock

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Roelof van Echten Lock

Name: Roelof van Echten Lock
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Location: Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Roelof van Echten Lock – View of the pond near Echten loop from Erflanden

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2. Hoofdstraatkerk – The house with the pigeon holes loop from Erflanden

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3. Huis Venedal – Hoofdstraatkerk loop from Hoogeveen

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Monique

April 29, 2024

On the Zuidwolderweg in Hoogeveen we find a monumental landscape. It is
a remnant of the canal from after 1852, when it was widened, deepened, and provided with other
locks. The 'old' lock is a lock from 1929. Nothing here reminds us
of the old canal from before 1852. But still a precious relic of the later canal.

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Rob T 🚶🏿‍♂️🚲

August 18, 2025

This lock used to be called "Sluis in de Weide" (Lock in the Meadow). It was renamed after Roelof van Echten Sluis.
A lock used to be named after a laborer who worked there. This was actually a demotion for Roelof van Echten. Roelof van Echten (July 15, 1592 – November 20, 1643)[1] was a Drenthe nobleman. He was lord of Echten and Echtens Hoogeveen, captain, ette of the Dieverderdingspel, deputy, and finally bailiff of Drenthe. Van Echten attended the Synod of Dordrecht as an observer.

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Elevation 60 m

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Roelof van Echten Lock

1. Roelof van Echten Lock – View of the pond near Echten loop from Erflanden

2. Hoofdstraatkerk – The house with the pigeon holes loop from Erflanden

3. Huis Venedal – Hoofdstraatkerk loop from Hoogeveen

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