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Roelof van Echten Lock
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Monique
April 29, 2024
Hiking
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.
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
Hiking
This lock was formerly called ‘Sluis in de Weide’. It was renamed Roelof van Echten Sluis.
A lock was formerly always named after a worker who worked there. Actually a degradation of Roelof van Echten. Roelof van Echten (15 July 1592 – 20 November 1643)[1] was indeed a Drenthe nobleman. He was lord of Echten and Echtens Hoogeveen, captain, ette of the Dieverderdingspel, deputy and finally drost of Drenthe. Van Echten was present as an observer at the Synod of Dordrecht.
A lock was formerly always named after a worker who worked there. Actually a degradation of Roelof van Echten. Roelof van Echten (15 July 1592 – 20 November 1643)[1] was indeed a Drenthe nobleman. He was lord of Echten and Echtens Hoogeveen, captain, ette of the Dieverderdingspel, deputy and finally drost of Drenthe. Van Echten was present as an observer at the Synod of Dordrecht.
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