't Haantje, Drenthe
't Haantje (the Little Rooster) is a small village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is situated northwest of Emmen and is part of the municipality of Coevorden. It lies along the Oranjekanaal, between Noord-Sleen and Klijndijk.
't Haantje was first mentioned in 1874. The etymology is unclear. It was founded when peat labourers decided to settle there. On 1 December 1965, the village barely escaped a disaster. A French company working for the N.A.M. was drilling for gas, and started to lose control of the enormous gas pressure. During the afternoon, this resulted in a huge gas eruption. The ground around the hole caved in - swallowing all of the drilling equipment. The gas eruption was eventually stopped by a cement injection from a new drilling hole. A small lake lake surrounded by a forest forms a permanent reminder of this event.
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
Two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 7847TA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Haantje - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "'t Haantje". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Wiki Maps". Nsesoftware.nl. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
External links
Media related to 't Haantje (Coevorden) at Wikimedia Commons- Website municipality of Coevorden
