Bronnegerveen

Bronnegerveen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 19 km east of Assen.

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Settlement.name: Bronnegerveen
Settlement.settlement_type: Hamlet
Settlement.native_name: Brönnegerveen
Settlement.native_name_lang: nds
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Settlement.image_caption: View on the Hondsrug in Bronnegerveen
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Settlement.image_map1: Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Bronnegerveen.png
Settlement.map_caption1: The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Bronnegerveen in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn.
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Bronnegerveen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 19 km east of Assen.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1936 as Bronnegerveen, and means "peat excavation village near Bronneger". The settlement started around 1750. A century later, it became a peat excavation village.