Ruinen
Sign in to saveRuinen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 10 km northwest of Hoogeveen. The Dwingelderveld National Park is located near Ruinen.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ruinen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village and former municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:20210512 zicht op Ruinen2 vanuit het noorden.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View on Ruinen
- Settlement.image_flag
- Ruinen_vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ruinen_wapen.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- De Wolden
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 8
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 34.94
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,380
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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- Population
- 1343
- Image
- Kerk op brink van Ruinen.jpg
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- Ruinen
- postal code
- 7963
- P8168
- Euchloe charlonia
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/ruinen
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Ruinen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 10 km northwest of Hoogeveen. The Dwingelderveld National Park is located near Ruinen.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1139 as de Runa. The etymology is unknown. Ruinen is an esdorp from the Early Middle Ages. Around 1140, a double monastery of the Benedictines was founded in Ruinen, however they moved to De Wijk in 1325.
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