Historic farmsteads
Ootmarsum, Tubbergen, Albergen
Everywhere in Twente you can find historical farms and homesteads. Since the Middle Ages, these farms were often grouped around fairly small arable land called ‘kampen’ or ‘essen’. You often still come across these words in place names. Outside these arable plots were so-called ‘woeste gronden’, large moors, which were used in common. On these moors, the inhabitants of the farms would cut sods from the ground, which were used as fuel. In addition, the sods were also mixed with animal manure, allowing it to be spread well over the arable plots. The wasteland was thus very important for the community and therefore, from the 13th century onwards, organisations of farmers were set up to regulate its management, the so-called ‘marken’. Incidentally, these existed not only in Twente, but in much of the eastern Netherlands. In total, there were once 402 marken, sixty of them in Twente. The boundaries of the various marken were marked with stones, and in many places these stones are still there. The marken ensured that not too much and not too often sod was cut, so that the ploughed-off areas of heathland could recover well. Only the ‘valued erven’, the farmers who had established the marke, were allowed to cut sod. The population growth in the eighteenth century made it increasingly difficult to maintain this system, as people started building more and more houses on the existing farmyards. People also started building their own houses ‘illegally’ on the wasteland. In the course of the 19th century, the market system proved untenable and people increasingly turned to reclaiming the wasteland to make it suitable for agriculture. This also became increasingly possible after the advent of artificial fertilisers, which reduced the need for sods and animal manure to make arable farming possible. This also led to more and more farms appearing on the former wasteland. These farms, built from the 19th onwards, can now also be called historic, but they are not among the historic farmsteads you will see on this route. Incidentally, the ‘new construction’ of the 19th century often did affect the existing historic farms. Old timber-framed walls, typical of medieval construction, were often replaced by brick, which was sturdier and lasted longer. However, farmhouses so remodelled generally did not change in structure and architecture and are therefore still in use today. Although often no longer as a farm. This Premium cycle route was compiled by our editor: Frans Glissenaar.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Gasthuisstraat , 7631 BW Dinkelland | 45.9 KM | |
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From
69
to
29
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1526 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head west on Markt | 77 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Ton Schultenplein | 23 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kapelstraat | 68 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Kapelstraat | 70 M | ||
| Turn left onto Molenstraat | 328 M | ||
| Turn left onto Binnenes | 412 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 224 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Binnenes | 37 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 209 M | ||
| Continue onto Binnenes | 78 M | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
to
33
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1989 M | 2 KM | |
| Head northwest | 513 M | ||
| Continue straight | 483 M | ||
| Turn right | 140 M | ||
| Continue straight | 194 M | ||
| Turn left onto Nutterseweg | 659 M | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
to
37
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3055 M | 3.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Nutterseweg | 300 M | ||
| Turn left onto Helweg | 508 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vasserweg | 65 M | ||
| Turn left onto Polweg | 157 M | ||
| Turn right onto Polweg | 299 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Onzoelweg | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
36
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1216 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Lädderken | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 36 | 0 M | ||
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From
36
to
21
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4632 M | 4.6 KM | |
| Head south on F.J. Groothuisweg | 237 M | ||
| Turn right onto Snoeymansweg | 374 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kapsweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Tibsweg | 668 M | ||
| Turn left onto Schouwdijk | 486 M | ||
| Turn left onto Binnenveldsweg | 482 M | ||
| Turn left onto Binnenveldsweg | 46 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bachstraat | 28 M | ||
| Turn right | 279 M | ||
| Make a sharp right onto Knoefstraat | 97 M | ||
| Turn left onto Lodewijkstraat | 290 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kooikerstraat | 122 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pastoor Vredendaalpad | 124 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
65
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2770 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head south on Grotestraat | 448 M | ||
| Continue onto Oldenzaalseweg | 392 M | ||
| Turn right onto Maatweg | 264 M | ||
| Turn left onto Maatweg | 190 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kloosteresweg | 301 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oldenzaalseweg | 106 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oldenzaalseweg | 604 M | ||
| Turn right onto Monnikenbraakweg | 465 M | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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From
65
to
64
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2418 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head west on Kluunvenweg | 955 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schultenhofweg | 897 M | ||
| Turn left onto Almeloseweg | 359 M | ||
| Turn right onto Veldweg | 207 M | ||
| You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
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From
64
to
20
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1528 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head southwest on Vikkersweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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From
20
to
22
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2002 M | 2 KM | |
| Head southwest on Hunzeweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Keep left onto Weversweg | 773 M | ||
| You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
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From
22
to
1
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629 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head south on Weversweg | 203 M | ||
| Turn left onto Assinkshoekweg | 172 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Schopmansweg | 254 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
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55
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1982 M | 2 KM | |
| Head southwest on Schopmansweg | 823 M | ||
| Turn right onto Gravendijk | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
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From
55
to
56
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1020 M | 1 KM | |
| Head east on Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 528 M | ||
| Turn right onto Leemhuisweg | 492 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
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From
56
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57
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2423 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head east on Vossenveenweg | 622 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 1.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
to
58
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1368 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head east on Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 170 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 58 | 0 M | ||
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From
58
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81
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1168 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head east on Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 27 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Rikkenspoelsweg | 463 M | ||
| Keep left onto Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 678 M | ||
| You are now at section 81 | 0 M | ||
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From
81
to
45
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2178 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head east on Kanaal Zuidzijde; Kanaal Z.Z. | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
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From
45
to
74
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1601 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head north on Oldenzaalseweg | 73 M | ||
| Turn right onto Stroveldsweg | 876 M | ||
| Make a sharp left onto Stouweweg | 652 M | ||
| You are now at section 74 | 0 M | ||
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From
74
to
40
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2054 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head east on Haarlefertsweg | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 40 | 0 M | ||
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From
40
to
41
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2281 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head southeast on Kerkstraat | 327 M | ||
| Turn left onto Benninksweg | 208 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zonnebergweg | 122 M | ||
| Turn left onto Vroonkweg | 334 M | ||
| Turn right onto Deperinksweg | 488 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Zoekeweg | 283 M | ||
| Turn right onto Agelerweg | 159 M | ||
| Turn left onto Brokmansweg | 360 M | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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From
41
to
42
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2418 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head northeast on Oude Bornsedijk | 433 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Bornsedijk | 367 M | ||
| Turn right onto Weerselosestraat | 538 M | ||
| Turn right onto Dennenkampsweg | 451 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Voortsweg | 629 M | ||
| You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
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From
42
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38
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1551 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head east on Voortsweg | 523 M | ||
| Turn left onto Enktermorsweg | 846 M | ||
| Turn left onto Borgstadweg | 182 M | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
to
72
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1576 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head west on Heggelkampsweg | 477 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Ageleresweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 72 | 0 M | ||
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From
72
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69
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2478 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head east on Hezebergweg | 699 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zonnenbergweg | 638 M | ||
| Turn left onto Weerselosestraat | 13 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Weerselosestraat | 22 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oldenzaalsestraat | 159 M | ||
| Turn left | 7 M | ||
| Continue straight | 21 M | ||
| Turn left | 76 M | ||
| Turn right | 36 M | ||
| Turn left | 26 M | ||
| Turn left | 40 M | ||
| Continue onto Oldenzaalsvoetpad | 364 M | ||
| Turn left onto Ganzenmarkt | 172 M | ||
| Turn right onto Grotestraat | 59 M | ||
| Turn right onto Dwarsstraat | 61 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkplein | 72 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Kerkplein | 13 M | ||
| You are now at section 69 | 0 M |