Oldambt region

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historical region rural area

The Oldambt region is a historical rural area in the east of the Dutch province of Groningen, known for its expansive clay polders, large farmsteads, and former grain-growing wealth.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Oldambt region canonical 12
historical region Oldambt 1
historical region Reiderland 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
rural area ⓘ
administrativeCenter Winschoten ⓘ
agriculturalProduct barley ⓘ
sugar beet ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
borders German border ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
contains municipality of Oldambt ⓘ
town of Winschoten ⓘ
village of Beerta ⓘ
village of Finsterwolde ⓘ
village of Midwolda ⓘ
Nieuwolda ⓘ
surface form: village of Nieuwolda

village of Oostwold ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic large-scale fields ⓘ
open landscape ⓘ
sparsely populated countryside ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory large estates owned by wealthy farmers ⓘ
strong class differences between landowners and farm workers ⓘ
hasHeritage historic church villages ⓘ
monumental farmhouses ⓘ
hasLandscapeElement dikes ⓘ
linear villages along dikes ⓘ
polders ⓘ
hasNameOrigin municipality of Oldambt ⓘ
surface form: Oldambt (meaning old embankment or old reclaimed land)
hasPoliticalHistory tradition of left-wing and communist voting in some villages ⓘ
historicalFunction important grain-producing area of the Netherlands ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century grain boom ⓘ
knownFor expansive clay polders ⓘ
former grain-growing wealth ⓘ
grain-growing agriculture ⓘ
large farmsteads ⓘ
landUse arable farming ⓘ
cereal cultivation ⓘ
language Gronings dialect ⓘ
locatedIn region of Groningen ⓘ
surface form: eastern Groningen

Province of Groningen ⓘ
surface form: province of Groningen
locatedNear Dollard bay ⓘ
partOf cultural region of Groningen ⓘ
northeastern Netherlands ⓘ
subregionOf Groningen clay area ⓘ
terrainType marine clay ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oldambt → partOfRegion → Oldambt region ⓘ
Westerwolde → borderedBy → Oldambt region ⓘ
Winschoten → region → Oldambt region ⓘ
reclaimed lake Oldambtmeer → locatedIn → Oldambt region ⓘ
subject surface form: Oldambtmeer
Midwolda → hasRegion → Oldambt region ⓘ
Finsterwolde → hasRegion → Oldambt region ⓘ
Finsterwolde → partOf → Oldambt region ⓘ
this entity surface form: historical region Oldambt
Beerta → region → Oldambt region ⓘ
Reiderland → locatedInRegion → Oldambt region ⓘ
Reiderland → namedAfter → Oldambt region ⓘ
this entity surface form: historical region Reiderland
Blauwestad residential and recreational area → locatedIn → Oldambt region ⓘ
Scheemda → locatedInRegion → Oldambt region ⓘ
river Pekel A → locatedIn → Oldambt region ⓘ
subject surface form: Pekel A
this entity surface form: region of Oldambt (broad historical region)
Zuidbroek → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Oldambt region ⓘ
Oldambtmeer → locatedInWaterBody → Oldambt region ⓘ