History of Drenthe

Nazi transit camp for Jews in the occupied Netherlands

ecclesiastic state of the Holy Roman Empire

Nieuwlande (Dutch Low Saxon: Neilaande) is a Dutch village located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe situated in the municipality of Hoogeveen. The population, as of 2023 is 1419. Nieuwlande is one of only two villages in the world that collectively received the Righteous Among the Nations award for its Holocaust Rescue story where nearly all of the town's residents hid and saved the lives of hundreds of Jews as well as resistance fighters and German deserters during World War II.

thumb|Location of Ems-Occidental in France (1812) right|thumb|Ems-Occidental within the northern French Empire (1811) Ems-Occidental (; ; ; all ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands and Germany. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded more or less with the present Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Its capital was Groningen. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):

1227 battle fought near the village

UNESCO World Heritage Site in Netherlands, Belgium

Dutch train hostage crisis

Dutch train hijacking by 9 Moluccans

1672 siege during the Franco-Dutch War

1945 military operation