De Hoeve
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De Hoeve is a small village
Village
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 in the Dutch county
County
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 of Weststellingwerf
Weststellingwerf
Weststellingwerf is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here....

. It is located in an agriculture area between Wolvega and Noordwolde
Noordwolde
Noordwolde is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 3789 citizens .Traditionally known as the reed weaving village of the Netherlands, today Noordwolde has a lot more to offer than its rich history and the renowned National Museum of...

. De Hoeve has approximately 444 inhabitants (2005).

History

De Hoeve is not a very old village. For the first time it was mentioned by its name in 1938. On a map of 1664 the territory was only heather
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. Shortly after that people built two farmhouses: an Oosterhoeve (East Hoeve) and a Westerhoeve (West Hoeve). A new map, drawn in 1718 shows both farmhouses. The area around it is also called Vinkegahoeve and Steggerdahoeve because they are in the neighbourhood of the small villages Vinkega
Vinkega
Vinkega is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 216 citizens ....

 and Steggerda
Steggerda
Steggerda is the third largest village of the Dutch municipality of Weststellingwerf.The village consists of one long stretch with housing and is populated by ca. 1,000 inhabitants.-External links:*...

.

In 1908 Commissie Plaatselijk Belang (Committee Local Interest) was founded. During the first meetings with the people it was decided to improve the dirtroads by putting rubble on it. Also they decide to make all kinds of other improvements. These meetings were also used as entertainment with recitals, songs and hot chocolate, made of the milk that was donated by the farmers. The committeemembers made sure that there would be enough milk left for the pupils the next day.

Famous inhabitants

An important person for De Hoeve was Albert H. Kuipers. He was a farmer, and owner of moor and the founder of the first school
School
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in De Hoeve. On behalf of 68 people he wrote a request to the province. He himself donated the land necessary to build the school. The county of Weststellingwerf did not agree with the plan of building a school. They were afraid that less pupils would go to the newly built school in Steggerda. Also finances were a big problem. The province of Friesland knew that this school had to be built. At that moment 70 pupils between 5 and 12 years old had to walk more than 3 to 5 hours to school through the mud and dirt.

Present day

In 2005 there are several clubs and committees in De Hoeve. The school has a new name now. It is called "De Klaeter". De Klaeter is doing very well with its approximately 55 pupils. De Hoeve has its own monthly newspaper called "De OosterWester".

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