# Ruinen

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**Ruinen** is a village in the [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) province of [Drenthe](/source/Drenthe). It is located in the municipality of [De Wolden](/source/De_Wolden), about 10 km northwest of [Hoogeveen](/source/Hoogeveen). The [Dwingelderveld National Park](/source/Dwingelderveld_National_Park) is located near Ruinen.[2]

## History

The village was first mentioned in 1139 as de Runa. The etymology is unknown.[3] Ruinen is an *[esdorp](/source/Esdorp)* from the Early Middle Ages. Around 1140, a double monastery of the [Benedictines](/source/Benedictines) was founded in Ruinen, however they moved to [De Wijk](/source/De_Wijk) in 1325.[4]

The Dutch Reformed has been built in the 15th century replacing and reusing the monastery church of which dated from around 1140. The tower was built in 1423. The spire has been renewed in 1660 after it had been damaged by a storm, and the crown was replaced in 1952. Between 1972 and 1975, the church was restored to its original form before 1836.[4]

Ruinen was home to 1,059 people in 1840.[2] Ruinen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became part of De Wolden.[5] The [windmill](/source/Windmill) [*De Zaandplatte*](/source/De_Zaandplatte,_Ruinen) was rebuilt in 1964, and is open to the public.[6]

## Notable residents

- [Jan Hendrik de Boer](/source/Jan_Hendrik_de_Boer) (1899–1971), a physicist and chemist.[7][8]
- [Sione Jongstra](/source/Sione_Jongstra) (born 1976), a Dutch triathlete[9]

## References

1. ["Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021"](https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls). *Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 11 April 2022. two etnries

1. ["Ruinen"](https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ruinen) (in Dutch). *Plaatsengids*. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

1. ["Ruinen - (geografische naam)"](https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ruinen2) (in Dutch). *Etymologiebank*. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

1. Ronald Stenvert (2001). [*Ruinen*](https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0079.php) (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. p. 61. ISBN 90 400 9454 3. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

1. ["De Zaandplatte"](https://molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=28) (in Dutch). *Molen database*. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

1. Linthorst, JA (2026). "Against Nazi Germany: Notes on the Dutch chemist Jan Hendrik de Boer, CO and gas masks (WWII)". *The Bulletin for the History of Chemistry*

1. ["Jan Hendrik de Boer"](http://www.biografischportaal.nl/en/persoon/29078077). *Biographical portal of the Netherlands*. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

1. ["Triatlete Sione Jongstra geeft zwemclinic in Zwembad Ruinen"](https://de-wolden.nieuws.nl/sport-de-wolden/17146/triatlete-sione-jongstra-geeft-zwemclinic-zwembad-ruinen/) (in Dutch). 16 June 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

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