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't Waar Village Watermolen van de polder De Dellen, overzicht - Waar, 't - 20248138 - RCE.jpg Windmill De Dellen in 1977 Country Netherlands Province Groningen Municipality Oldambt 53 13 31 N 6 57 7 E region:NL inline, title Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands Location of 't Waar in the province of Groningen 0.49 http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool Postcodetool for 9942PA nl Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland Het Waterschapshuis 8 April 2022 21 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool dead 0.1 2021 https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 Central Bureau of Statistics 9 April 2022 two entries 115 auto CET +1 CEST +2 Postal code 9942 Dialing code 0598
t Waar (nl ət ˈʋaːr) is a village in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Oldambt, just north of the village of Nieuw-Scheemda.ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
History
The villages was first mentioned in 1781 as 't Waar, and means sluice.https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/waar4 Waar - (geografische naam) Etymologiebank 9 April 2022 nl It refers to a sluice constructed in 1622 in the Termunterzijldiep nl to regulate the water flow.https://www.plaatsengids.nl/t-waar 't Waar Plaatsengids 9 April 2022 nl
't Waar was home to 451 people in 1840. Between 1910 and 1934, there was a joint railway station with Nieuw-Scheemda on the Zuidbroek to Delfzijl railway line.http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=nieuwscheemdatwaar stopplaats Nieuw Scheemda- t Waar Stationweb 9 April 2022 nl On 15 April 1945, the village celebrate its liberation when German soldiers threw hand grenades into the crowd killing five civilians and one Polish soldier. In 1995, a memorial was placed on the site.https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/24198/Oorlogsmonument-t-Waar.htm Oorlogsmonument 't Waar Traces of War 9 April 2022 nl
't Waar was part of the municipality of Scheemda until 1990 when it became part of Nieuwolda. Since 2010, it is part of Oldambt.
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't Waar
Category:Oldambt (municipality)
Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)