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Hoogeveen is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 and a town
Town

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 in the northeastern Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
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Elim (Drenthe)

Elim is a village in Drenthe and it is part of the Hoogeveen municipality. The population of Elim and rural area is about 2500....
, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other villages of the town are Hollandscheveld
Hollandscheveld

Hollandscheveld is a village in the municipality of Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. It was founded in the 17th century after the Hollandsche Compagnie bought the land to harvest its peat....
, Nieuw Moscou, Nieuweroord, Nieuwlande
Nieuwlande

Nieuwlande is a small Netherlands village. The population, as of January 1, 2004, is 1,250. It is located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe....
, Pesse, Stuifzand and Tiendeveen
Tiendeveen

Tiendeveen is a tiny village in the Netherlands in Hoogeveen with a population of about 800. Tiendeveen takes its name from the Dutch language word for peat, "veen", which is collected there, just as in Hoogeveen and Witteveen....
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ates its history to December 20, 1625, when Roelof van Echten bought a large tract of peat
Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
 land from farmers of the district with the plan to harvest its peat.






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Hoogeveen is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 and a town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 in the northeastern Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
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Elim
Elim (Drenthe)

Elim is a village in Drenthe and it is part of the Hoogeveen municipality. The population of Elim and rural area is about 2500....
, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other villages of the town are Hollandscheveld
Hollandscheveld

Hollandscheveld is a village in the municipality of Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. It was founded in the 17th century after the Hollandsche Compagnie bought the land to harvest its peat....
, Nieuw Moscou, Nieuweroord, Nieuwlande
Nieuwlande

Nieuwlande is a small Netherlands village. The population, as of January 1, 2004, is 1,250. It is located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe....
, Pesse, Stuifzand and Tiendeveen
Tiendeveen

Tiendeveen is a tiny village in the Netherlands in Hoogeveen with a population of about 800. Tiendeveen takes its name from the Dutch language word for peat, "veen", which is collected there, just as in Hoogeveen and Witteveen....
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Hoogeveen

It dates its history to December 20, 1625, when Roelof van Echten bought a large tract of peat
Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
 land from farmers of the district with the plan to harvest its peat. One old map of the area called it Locus Deserta Atque ob Multos Paludes Invia, a deserted and impenetrable place of many swamps.

Its coat of arms
Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
, granted November 10, 1819, is white, with a pile of peat covered in straw in the center and beehives
Beehive (beekeeping)

A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the genus Apis live and raise their young. Natural beehives are naturally-occurring structures occupied by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees live in man-made beehives, often in an apiary....
 on each side, representing the town's first two major industries.

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch people Post-Impressionism artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art....
 visited the area in the fall of 1883.

In the second half of the 1960s, Hoogeveen was the fastest growing town in the Netherlands. Its rapid growth during that period led its city council to fill most of the town's canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
s, canals dug in the area's early days when it was a prime source of peat.

Access to the town is provided by the A28 (Utrecht
Utrecht (province)

Utrecht is the smallest Provinces of the Netherlands of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. It is bordered by the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South Holland in the west, and North Holland in the northwest....
 - Groningen
Groningen (province)

Groningen is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the Germany state of Lower Saxony , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea....
) highway, the N/A37 (Hoogeveen - Germany
Germany

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), and the Western Cities - Groningen railway
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The then recognized oldest person in the world, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper

Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper was oldest people national longevity recordholders#Netherlands , and from May 29, 2004 was thought to be list of the verified oldest people until her death ....
, lived in Hoogeveen until her death in August 2005.

Hoogeveen also has a small airport
Hoogeveen Airport

Hoogeveen Airport is a small general aviation airfield located in Hoogeveen, a town in the northeastern Netherlands. There are several flying clubs and flying schools located at the airport....
 that attracts some tourism.

Transportation

Railway Station: Hoogeveen
Hoogeveen railway station

Hoogeveen is a railway station located in Hoogeveen, Netherlands....


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, Slovakia
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