Editing Hoogeveen

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{{Infobox settlement
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| native_name        = {{native name|nds-nl|'t O(ge)veine}}
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1  = Province
| subdivision_name1  = [[Drenthe]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hoogeveen.nl/bis/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_van_B_W/De_leden_van_het_college
 |title = De leden van het college
 |trans-title = Members of the board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Hoogeveen
 |access-date = 7 October 2013
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130105040017/http://www.hoogeveen.nl/bis/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_van_B_W/De_leden_van_het_college
 |archive-date = 5 January 2013
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title       = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Martijn Breukelman]]
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| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|Hoogeveen}}
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 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=7 October 2013 
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| population_demonym = Hoogevener
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| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code        = Town: 7901-7909 
Municipality: 7901-7909, 7911-7916, 7918, 7931, 7933-7934, 7936
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 0524, 0528
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.hoogeveen.nl}}
| footnotes          = 
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'''Hoogeveen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɦoːɣəˈveːn|lang|Nl-Hoogeveen.oga}}; {{langx|nds-nl|'t Ogeveine}} or '' 't Oveine'') is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Drenthe]]. 
[[File:Hoogeveen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|275px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Hoogeveen (town), March 2014'']]

== Population centres ==
[[Elim, Drenthe|Elim]], [[Fluitenberg]], '''Hoogeveen''' and [[Noordscheschut]], which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town.  Other villages of the town are [[Hollandscheveld]], [[Nieuw Moscou]], [[Nieuweroord]], [[Nieuwlande]], [[Pesse]], [[Stuifzand]] and [[Tiendeveen]].

== History ==
Hoogeveen dates its history to 20 December 1625, when [[Roelof van Echten]] bought a large tract of [[peat]] 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. Hoogeveen itself was established in 1636 by Peter Joostens Warmont and Johan van der Meer.

Its [[coat of arms]], granted 10 November 1819, is white, with a pile of peat covered in straw in the center and [[beehive]]s on each side, representing the town's first two major industries.

[[Vincent van Gogh]] visited the area in the fall of 1883.<ref>Dead link to [http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/040405fa_fact The New Yorker] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120914062422/www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/040405fa_fact |date=2012-09-14 }}</ref>

In the second half of the 1960s, Hoogeveen was the fastest growing town in the Netherlands. Until that period, the town contained a number of [[canal]]s, which had been dug in the area's early days when it was a prime source of peat and maritime transportation was a necessity for efficient transportation of cargo. By the 1960s the rise of the automobile and truck-based transportation meant the canals had lost much of their economic function, and the canals were filled in.

The first important transportation connection was provided by the [[Meppel-Groningen railway|railway line]], with [[Hoogeveen railway station]] opening in 1870. Since the early 1970s, access to the town has been provided by the A28 ([[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]] - [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]) highway, and in the early 2000s, the A37 (Hoogeveen - [[Germany]]) highway was expanded from a provincial road to improve the region's connection to Emmen and further to Germany.

The then recognized oldest person in the world, [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper]], lived in Hoogeveen until her death in August 2005, two months after her 115th birthday.

Hoogeveen also has a small [[Hoogeveen Airport|airport]] that attracts some tourism. Since 1997 the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament has been organized here.

==Transport==
Railway station: [[Hoogeveen railway station|Hoogeveen]]

==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Hoogeveen is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]], [[Slovakia]]
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== Notable people ==
[[File:LLStirum.jpg|140px|thumb|Leopold van Limburg Stirum]]
[[File:Piet Kleine (2006).jpg|140px|thumb|Piet Kleine, 2006]]

=== Academics ===
* [[Geert Booij]] (born 1947 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch linguist and academic, created [[construction morphology]]
* [[Derk Pereboom]] (born 1957 in Pesse) a Professor in Philosophy and Ethics

=== Religion ===
* [[Herman Bavinck]] (1854 in Hoogeveen – 1921) a Dutch Reformed theologian and churchman

=== Politicics ===
* [[Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum]] (1758 in Hoogeveen - 1840) a politician, [[Triumvirate of 1813|helped take power]] in 1813 to re-establish the monarchy
* [[Hendrik Koekoek]] (born 1912 in Hollandscheveld), Dutch farmer, politician, and founder of the defunct Farmers' Party 
* [[Joop Bakker]] (born 1921 in Hoogeveen) Dutch politician
* [[Jetta Klijnsma]] (born 1957 in Hoogeveen) Dutch politician
* [[Anne Mulder]] (born 1969 in Hoogeveen) Dutch politician
* [[Mark Strolenberg]] (born 1979) Dutch politician
* [[Lea Bouwmeester]] (born 1979 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch politician

=== Sport ===
* [[Jan Bols]] (born 1944 in Hoogeveen) a former Dutch long track speed skater, participated in the 1968 and [[1972 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Piet Kleine]] (born 1951 in Hollandscheveld) a former speed skater, gold medallist at the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] and silver medallist at the [[1980 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Theo ten Caat]] (born 1964 in Hollandscheveld) a former Dutch professional footballer with 412 club caps
* [[Tonnie Heijnen]] (born 1967 in Hoogeveen),  a Dutch para table tennis player, winner at the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]]
* [[Erik Dekker]] (born 1970) a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, medallist at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Sandra Wiegers]] (born 1974 in Hoogeveen), former Dutch volleyball player
* [[Ingmar Berga]] (born 1984 in Hoogeveen), Dutch marathon speed skater and inline speed skater.
* [[Erik Bakker]] (born 1990 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch professional footballer with 320 club caps
* [[Jens Jurn Streutker]] (born 1993 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch footballer
* [[Vivianne Miedema]] (born 1996 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch professional footballer who is the Netherlands all-time top scorer, across both the women's and men's teams. She is also the all-time top scorer in the English FA Women's Super League.
* [[Jens Dekker]] (born 1998 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch professional road racing cyclist
* [[Nande Wielink]] (born 1998 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch footballer

=== Culture ===
* [[Anne van Amstel]] (born 1974 in Hoogeveen) Dutch writer, psychologist and poet
* [[Jill de Jong]] (born 1982 in Hoogeveen) a Dutch model and actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4265371/   IMDb Database] retrieved 07 September 2019</ref>

=== Varia ===
* [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper]] (1890 – 2005 in Hoogeveen) the oldest person ever from the Netherlands

==Climate==
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|location = Hoogeveen (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1989−present)
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|Jan record high C = 14.2
|Feb record high C = 18.2
|Mar record high C = 23.4
|Apr record high C = 28.7
|May record high C = 31.2
|Jun record high C = 34.9
|Jul record high C = 39.0
|Aug record high C = 35.7
|Sep record high C = 31.3
|Oct record high C = 25.9
|Nov record high C = 19.4
|Dec record high C = 14.8
|Jan record low C = -18.2
|Feb record low C = -16.5
|Mar record low C = -19.7
|Apr record low C = -6.7
|May record low C = -2.7
|Jun record low C = 0.9
|Jul record low C = 3.5
|Aug record low C = 4.1
|Sep record low C = 0.9
|Oct record low C = -7.1
|Nov record low C = -9.6
|Dec record low C = -14.1
|Jan high C = 5.2
|Feb high C = 6.1
|Mar high C = 9.7
|Apr high C = 14.5
|May high C = 18.1
|Jun high C = 20.7
|Jul high C = 22.9
|Aug high C = 22.6
|Sep high C = 19.1
|Oct high C = 14.2
|Nov high C = 9.0
|Dec high C = 5.8
|year high C = 14.0
|Jan mean C = 2.8
|Feb mean C = 3.1
|Mar mean C = 5.7
|Apr mean C = 9.2
|May mean C = 12.9
|Jun mean C = 15.6
|Jul mean C = 17.7
|Aug mean C = 17.3
|Sep mean C = 14.1
|Oct mean C = 10.2
|Nov mean C = 6.3
|Dec mean C = 3.5
|year mean C = 9.9
|Jan low C = 0.3
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|Mar low C = 1.8
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|Aug low C = 11.9
|Sep low C = 9.4
|Oct low C = 6.4
|Nov low C = 3.4
|Dec low C = 1.0
|year low C = 5.7
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|Jan precipitation mm = 73.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 62.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 60.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 44.1
|May precipitation mm = 62.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 68.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 89.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 79.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 71.4
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|Dec precipitation mm = 81.3
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|Feb humidity = 86.9
|Mar humidity = 82.6
|Apr humidity = 76.5
|May humidity = 75.4
|Jun humidity = 78.1
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|Sep humidity = 85.6
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|year humidity = 84.0
|Jan sun = 62.8
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|Apr sun = 190.1
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|Aug percentsun = 42.7
|Sep percentsun = 40.1
|Oct percentsun = 35.8
|Nov percentsun = 25.3
|Dec percentsun = 24.4
|year percentsun =36.3
|source 1 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://weerstatistieken.nl/hoogeveen
| title = Weerstatistieken Hoogeveen
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = July 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.knmi.nl/klimaat-viewer/grafieken-tabellen/meteorologische-stations/stations-maand/stations-maand_1991-2020
|title=Klimaatviewer 1991-2020
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = July 5, 2022}}</ref>}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
Image:Vincent van Gogh - Hutten.jpg|''Huts in Zwartschaap'', on the way between Hoogeveen and Pesse, painted by Van Gogh in 1883
File:Raadhuis_Hoogeveen.JPG|Town hall
File:Nieuwebrugsluis in Hoogeveen 9-8-2016 (36108837790).jpg|Nieuwebrugsluis in Hoogeveen
File:База отдыха "Villapark Martensplek" - panoramio.jpg|Villapark, Martensplek
</gallery>

==References==

===Footnotes===
{{Reflist|30em}}

===Bibliography===
*Dijk, Wout J., & van der Sluis, Meent W.: ''De Drentse tijd van Vincent van Gogh'', Boon uitgeverij, Groningen 2001  {{ISBN|90-75913-18-4}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Hoogeveen
|North     = [[Midden-Drenthe]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Coevorden]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Hardenberg]]{{space}}([[Overijssel|OV]])
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[De Wolden]]
|Northwest = [[Westerveld]]
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{{Dutch municipality Hoogeveen}}
{{Drenthe Province}}

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