Norg is a small, very old village in the northeastern Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It is located in the municipality of Noordenveld

Noordenveld

Noordenveld is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.- Population centres :Altena, Alteveer, Amerika, Boerelaan, De Horst, De Pol, Een, Een-West, Foxwolde, Huis ter Heide, Langelo, Leutingewolde, Lieveren, Matsloot, Nietap, Nieuw-Roden, Norg, Norgervaart, Peest, Peize, Peizermade,...

, Drenthe

Drenthe

Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany to the east.-History:Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has been a...

. As of 1 January 2008, Norg had a population of 3737, in comparison to a population of 3840 on 1 January 2004.

Written records from the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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 refer to a Nurch or Norch in the area. The oldest known remains of a settlement in the area date from 650-750 BC. The most important monument is the 13th century Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

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 church on the brink, which has a saddle-rooftower. Norg has five brinks. In Norg there are two windmill

Windmill

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s. One of these, Noordenveld

Noordenveld, Norg

Noordenveld is a smock mill in Norg, Drenthe, the Netherlands. It was built in 1878 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 30785.-History:Noordenveld was built in 1878 for Willem Stevens. The millwright was J Rietsma of Zeijerveld. In 1899, the mill came into the possession of Geert Stevens,...

, is a corn mill and was built in 1878. The other, De Hoop

De Hoop, Norg

De Hoop is a smock mill in Norg, Drenthe, the Netherlands. It was built in 1906 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 30781.-History:...

, is the only windmill in the Netherlands with Bilau sails.

Until 1 January 1998, Norg was an independent municipality. Since the municipal reclassification of the province Drenthe, Norg is a part of the Noordenveld municipality.

External links

• The emblem of Norg Map of the former municipality in 1868.
• Aerophoto of Norg
• Gemeentenoordenveld.nl