Havelte

{{Infobox settlement | name = Havelte | settlement_type = [[Village]] | image_skyline = 0624Kerk van Havelte.JPG | image_caption = Church in Havelte | image_flag = Havelte vlag.svg | image_shield = Havelte wapen.svg  | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Westerveld - Havelte.png | map_caption1 = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Havelte in the municipality of Westerveld | pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands | pushpin_map_caption = Location in province of [[Drenthe]] in the [[Netherlands]] | coordinates = {{coord|52|46|N|6|14|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Drenthe]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Westerveld]] | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = <ref name=cbs>[http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=70904NED&D1=9&D2=13070-13074&D3=l&HD=081117-1243&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2 CBS Statline]</ref> | population_total = 3,825 | population_as_of = 2021 | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]] | postal_code = 7971 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 0521 }}

'''Havelte''' ([[Drèents dialects|Drèents]]: ''Haovelte'' or ''Haovelt'') is a village in the Northeastern [[Netherlands]]. It is located in the [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of [[Westerveld]], [[Drenthe]], about 60 km (37.2 mi) south-southwest of [[Groningen]] and 120 km (74.5 mi) northeast of [[Amsterdam]]. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 3,825.<ref name="cbs"/>

==History== The village was first mentioned in 1342 as "to Hovelde". The etymology is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/havelte |title=Havelte - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Havelte is an ''[[esdorp]]'' on a sandy ridge. It developed in the Late Middle Ages into a little village with four triangular village squares.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0045.php |title=Havelte |author=Ronald Stenvert |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>

The ''hunebed'' ([[dolmen]]) {{ill|D53 (dolmen)|nl|D53 (hunebed)|lt=D53}} is located in [[Havelterberg]] near Havelte and is the second largest of the Netherlands. It spans nearly {{convert|18|m}}, and contains 9 capstones and 21 side stones. It used to have a beautiful ring of 40 stones. There were still 24 left in 1918 when [[Albert Egges van Giffen]] researched the dolmen. Nowadays, there are only 10 left. All the stones have been put back in there place in 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunebedden.nl/d53.htm |title=D53 bij Havelte (Havelterberg) |website=Hunebedden |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Dutch Reformed is located somewhat off-centre, because the villages of [[Darp]] and [[Uffelte]] had decided to build a joint church halfway between their villages.<ref name="plaats"/><ref name="monument"/> It was built in 1310 and enlarged in the 15th century. The tower dates from 1410.<ref name="monument"/> The estate Overcinge was first mentioned in 1313. The current building was built between 1630 and 1642. Between 1968 and 1969, it was altered into school building. In 1984, it became vacant and was restored to its pre-1870 design.<ref name="monument"/>

Havelte was home to 636 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/havelte |title=Havelte |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625103508/https://plaatsengids.nl/havelte |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 1942, an airport was built near Havelte by the [[Luftwaffe]]. 5,600 forced labourers were transported to Havelte to construct the airport. It was hardly ever used, and attacked several times. On 24 March 1945, the Americans dropped 271 tons of bombs on the airport. The location is nowadays a nature area and some of the German buildings have remained.<ref name="plaats"/> In 1952, the Dutch Army's Johannes Post Barracks was built,<ref name="GerdingLeeuw2009">{{cite book|author1=Michiel Alexander Wilhelm Gerding|author2=E. de Leeuw|title=Canon van Westerveld|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7MnKReKM54C&pg=PA166|date=December 2009|publisher=Uitgeverij Van Gorcum|isbn=978-90-232-4595-7|page=166}}</ref> serving as headquarters and base of most of the units of the [[43rd Mechanized Brigade (Netherlands)|43rd Mechanized Brigade]].<ref name="43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade">{{cite web |title=43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade |url=https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/landmacht/eenheden/43-gemechaniseerde-brigade |publisher=Royal Netherlands Army |access-date=10 December 2025}}</ref>

Havelte was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Westerveld.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998]] [[Category:Populated places in Drenthe]] [[Category:Former municipalities of Drenthe]] [[Category:Westerveld]]