Smilde
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Smilde is a town in the Netherlands' northern province of Drenthe and lies about Template:Convert southwest of the province capital of Assen. Smilde was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Middenveld. However, that name changed in 2000 and was renamed the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.[1]
History
The village was first mentioned in 1846 as Smilde. The etymology is unclear.[2] Smilde is a elongated canal village which developed around 1770. Between 1767 and 1780, the Template:Ill was dug to excavate the peat in the area. The first settlement was called Kloosterveen and was later renamed to Smilde.[3]
The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1780 and 1788 in Louis XVI style. It was restored in 1963.[3] The former town hall was originally built as a villa in Renaissance Revival style and was named Villa Maria. In 1931, it became town hall.[3]
Smilde was home to 1,675 people in 1840.[4] Smilde was an independent municipality until 1998 when it was merged into Midden-Drenthe.[4]
Education
There are two primary schools, De Schutkampen and Prinses Margriet (Princess Margriet of the Netherlands).[5]
People from Smilde
- Jan Beijert (1928-2007), politician
- Jaap Berghuis (1945-2005), painter
- Carry van Bruggen-de Haan (1881–1932), writer
- Jacob Israël de Haan (1881–1924), anti-Zionist and ultra-Orthodox activist
- Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890–2005), oldest person from the Netherlands, aged 115 at the time of her death
- Alwin Kloekhorst (b. 1978), Indo-Europeanist and Hittitologist at the University of Leiden
Gallery
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Draw bridge of Smilde
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House in Smilde
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Villa in Smilde
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Former town hall
