Wildervank

Wildervank is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Veendam, about 3 km south of the centre of Veendam itself. It was founded in 1647 by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck as a peat colony in the Wildervankster bog. Wildervank was a separate municipality until 1969, when the area was divided between Veendam and Stadskanaal.

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Locality: Wildervank
Region: Groningen
Country: Nederland
Population: 2,990
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam

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Settlement.name: Wildervank
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Nederlands hervormde Kerk Wildervank.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Protestant Church in 2005
Settlement.image_flag: Wildervank vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Wildervank wapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Veendam
Settlement.area_total_km2: 28.09
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1647

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Image: Nederlands hervormde Kerk Wildervank.jpg

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Commons category: Wildervank
postal code: 9648
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== History == The Wildervankster bog was a raised bog located to the west of Oude Pekela. Adriaan Geerts settled in Oude Pekela to study the exploitation of peat by the city of Groningen. The Wildevankster bog was still untouched, and Geerts wanted to purchase it. He bought the bog in 1647 in order to establish his own peat colony, but needed to procure a ƒ250,000 mortgage from an Amsterdam merchant. Geerts would later use the surname Wildervanck. The colony was moderately successful, however the heavy mortgage payments forced Wildervanck to sell large parts of the colony.