Tubbergen - Tubbergen

Tubbergen is a municipality located in northeast Twenteon the border with Germany. The municipality with more than 20,000 inhabitants extends over 147 km2 and has nine villages and three hamlets. The villages are Tubbergen, Albergen, Geesteren, Fleringen, Harbrinkhoek-Mariaparochie, Langeveen, Manderveen, Reutum and Vasse. Haarle, Hezingen and Mander form separate hamlets. Tubbergen is the largest village in terms of population and the center of the municipality both geographically and administratively.

Understand

The municipality is predominantly Roman Catholic, with the exception of the mainly reformed Manderveen. There is also a reformed community in Tubbergen which has had its own, so-called water management church since 1811.

The municipality of Tubbergen has traditionally had an agricultural character. However, the agricultural sector is coming under increasing pressure and the Tubberg farmers have also turned to other additional sources of income, such as tourism. Tubbergen is a lively municipality, with good facilities and a rich club life.

Arrive

By car

Tubbergen can be reached from the west via the A1 and A35 towards Almelo. Take the exit Almelo West and follow the signs for Ootmarsum. After you have passed Mariaparochie, take the exit Tubbergen.

By bus

There are bus connections to Tubbergen from Almelo and Oldenzaal. Boarding points at the station. Tubbergen cannot be reached directly by train.

on foot

Tubbergen is a walking community 2011.

Travel around

Tubbergen is an excellent starting point for various cycling routes through Twente. Information about this can be obtained from the tourist office in Tubbergen.

To look at

• sheepman statue
• The Roman Catholic Church - renowned for its unique stained glass windows from five generations of the famous Nicolas family of stained glass. The church was the first in this millennium to be elevated to a basilica by papal decree of January 5, 2000.
• For further information, please contact the local tourist office. [1]

To do

Visit Glasrijk Tubbergen, annually in the first weekend of October. [2]

To buy

Food

Going out

stay overnight

In the municipality of Tubbergen you will find excellent accommodation options. An original way of staying overnight are the farm lodges that you can book through Hotel Droste. [3]

Hotel Tubbergen is located right in the center of Tubbergen. [4] Hotel Tubbergen has three stars and has 24 double rooms and one apartment for three people, which is also very suitable for families with small children. The comfortable rooms are equipped with a shower, toilet, television, radio and telephone. Some rooms have a bath. There is an elevator.

Nearby destinations

• Almelo

General information

History

The landscape of Twente, as we know it today, was formed to a significant extent under the influence of climate changes, including ice ages. Hill ridges such as the Braamberg, the Tutenberg and the Galgenberg arose as a result of impoundment. When the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago, it became warmer and most of the then inhabitants, who mainly lived by hunting, moved with the animals to the North. In the periods of the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the area was inhabited by people who lived from agriculture. These people settled on the highest places, the ridges. The so-called Man van Mander (c. 1500 BC) also dates from the Bronze Age. Excavations in a burial mound in Mander showed discoloration of the sand that a person had been buried there. The skeleton was completely digested. There are a large number of burial mounds in the municipality of Tubbergen. Many of them have recently been restored. In the later Middle Ages (from ca. 1000 AD) Christianity got a dominant influence on daily life. Nobility and clergy held power. Churches and monasteries were built everywhere. In Albergen, the largest monastery in Twente stood on the site of the current rectory and church square from 1407. This monastery was named after the patron saint St. Anthony Abbot. In 1602 the monastery was dissolved and in 1725 the remains were consumed by fire. There are still many foundations underground. Recent excavations have revealed important new information about the monastery, which at the time contained many farms and lands. There is a bronze model of the monastery on the church square of Albergen, so that the history of the monastery remains alive. Administratively, the territory of Tubbergen belonged for centuries to the Drostambt Twente, part of the Oversticht (later Overijssel): which was governed by the bishop of Utrecht. Due to the rise of Protestantism in the 16th century, the influence of the Roman Catholic Church diminished considerably. After the separation of Church and State in the 16th century, Overijssel became part of the Republic of the United Netherlands. In the countryside, partnerships had already emerged in the 13th century, the so-called markegenootschappen, which were characterized by communal land ownership. The marks that now form the territory of the municipality of Tubbergen belonged to the Richterambt or Landgericht Ootmarsum, which counted 19 marks. The nobility had also settled in the countryside (on the estates de Eeshof, Herinckhave, Weemselo) and often headed such a marke society. From the end of the 18th century the farmers could buy their property. In the 19th century the marks were abolished and divided. In 1811, during French rule, the municipality of Tubbergen was formed by the nine most western marks (Mander, Hezingen, Vasse, Haarle, Reutum, Fleringen, Albergen, Geesteren, Tubbergen) of the Ootmarsum district council.

There is still uncertainty about the origin of the name Tubbergen. A popular explanation says that Tubbergen means "between the mountains". However, it is questionable whether this is correct. The name has been written in the past as Tubberg, Tuberghe and Ubbergen.

Nature and Landscape

The municipality has a lot to offer in terms of landscape. A characteristic ash landscape with fields and meadows bordered by forest and hedgerows. Winding, clear streams, moors and tranquil fens form a picturesque backdrop. And in the midst of all that natural beauty, the wheels of windmills and watermills turn their timeless rhythm and there are centuries-old Saxon farms and half-timbered barns. Beautiful cycling and walking routes lead through a paradise area where you can always be surprised by the beautiful natural beauty and the many sights. The region is rich in beautiful natural areas such as the Springendal, the Streu, the Tutenberg, the Haamberg, the Braamberg, the Galgenberg, the Vasserheide, the Reutummer Weuste and the Hondeven.

The Valley of the Mosbeek is cherished with care as a nature reserve. Here you will find a wealth of plants and protected animal species such as the stag beetle, great crested newt and the small loach. The Mosbeek river meanders through the varied landscape and feeds three watermills (Bels, Frans and Mast). In the past these were paper mills, but later they were converted into flour mills.

(Source: website Municipality of Tubbergen)

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