't Waar

Village in Groningen, Netherlands

53°13′31″N 6°57′7″E / 53.22528°N 6.95194°E / 53.22528; 6.95194CountryNetherlandsProvinceGroningenMunicipalityOldambtArea

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• Total0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi)Elevation

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0.1 m (0.3 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total115 • Density230/km² (610/sq mi)Postal code

9942^[1]

Dialing code0598

't Waar (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ʋaːr]) 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.^[3]

History

The villages was first mentioned in 1781 as 't Waar, and means sluice.^[4] It refers to a sluice constructed in 1622 in the Termunterzijldiep [nl] to regulate the water flow.^[5]

't Waar was home to 451 people in 1840.^[5] Between 1910 and 1934, there was a joint railway station with Nieuw-Scheemda on the Zuidbroek to Delfzijl railway line.^[6] On 15 April 1945, the village celebrate its liberation when German soldiers threw handgrenades into the crowd killing five civilians and one Polish soldier. In 1995, a memorial was placed on the site.^[7]^[5]

't Waar was part of the municipality of Scheemda until 1990 when it became part of Nieuwolda. Since 2010, it is part of Oldambt.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2022. two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 9942PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
^ "Waar - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "'t Waar". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "stopplaats Nieuw Scheemda- t Waar". Stationweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Oorlogsmonument 't Waar". Traces of War (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.