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Amen Village

Amen Village

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Amen Village

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Location: Aa En Hunze, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Oranjekanaal – Ieberenplas loop from Hooghalen

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2. Halkenbroek Observation Tower loop from Orvelte

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3. Halkenbroek Observation Tower loop from Hooghalen

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01:35

40m

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Stieneke Veldkamp 🚲

August 6, 2024

Amen is a small ash settlement southwest of Rolde. Amen was first mentioned in the mid-tenth century, which then had only two yards.
The Amerdiep flows east of Amen, part of the Drentsche Aa stream system. Where the Amer Bridge is now, there used to be a ford, a ford in the stream. The ford was part of the important route between Rolde and Beilen.
The Boermarke Amen was founded in the thirteenth century. Farmers in Drenthe then united in a market to jointly decide, among other things, on the use of communal land. For a long time Amen only had three farms, but from 1800 the village slowly expanded. There are still several modern reclamation farms on Amen Street that were built in the 1920s.
In the early nineteenth century, Amen and the neighboring village of Ekehaar shared a winter school, which was built in Amen.
The dilapidated building was demolished again in 1832. Despite protests from surrounding villages, the new school was reopened in Amen. Due to a lack of students, the school closed in 1853. It was not until 1864 that a new school was built, this time in Ekehaar.
In 1903, the cooperative dairy factory 'De Hoop' opened its doors in Amen. It was a small manual power factory that focused on the production of butter. Barely ten years later, in 1913, the entire production was transferred to the dairy factory in Assen, where steam power was used. The factory in Amen was demolished and the stones were reused for the construction of a house in Ekehaar.
Nowadays, Amen is mainly known thanks to the farm café De Amer. The café was built in 1917 along the Assen-Coevorden tram line. The brown pub offers a varied range of cultural events, bringing literature and music lovers from near and far to Amen.

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Location: Aa En Hunze, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Oranjekanaal – Ieberenplas loop from Hooghalen

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