't Haantje, Drenthe

't Haantje Village 't Haantje.JPG Road in 't Haantje Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands#Benelux Country Netherlands Province Drenthe Municipality Coevorden http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool Postcodetool for 7847TA nl Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland Het Waterschapshuis 13 March 2022 21 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool dead 19 4.60 https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 Central Bureau of Statistics 13 March 2022 Two entries 235 2021 auto auto CET +1 CEST +2 Postal code 7847 Dialing code 0591 52 48 53 N 6 49 23 E region:NL inline,title 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 nl Oranjekanaal (Drenthe), between Noord-Sleen and Klijndijk. 't Haantje was first mentioned in 1874. The etymology is unclear.https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/haantje2 Haantje - (geografische naam) Etymologiebank 13 March 2022 nl 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.https://www.plaatsengids.nl/t-haantje 't Haantje Plaatsengids 13 March 2022 nl The gas eruption was eventually stopped by a cement injection from a new drilling hole. A small lakehttp://www.nsesoftware.nl/wiki/maps.asp?params=52_48_12.39_N_06_50_30.23_E_scale:5000_region:NL&src= Wiki Maps Nsesoftware.nl 2012-09-13 lake surrounded by a forest forms a permanent reminder of this event. References External links Website municipality of Coevorden Category:Coevorden Category:Populated places in Drenthe