Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland
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Willemsoord is a village in Steenwijkerland
in the Dutch province of Overijssel
. It was founded in 1820 as a colony of the Society of Humanitarianism
.
Steenwijkerland
Steenwijkerland is a municipality in the province Overijssel, in the eastern Netherlands.The municipality forms the entire northwesterly corner of the province. This area is called "the Head of Overijssel"...
in the Dutch province of Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...
. It was founded in 1820 as a colony of the Society of Humanitarianism
Society of Humanitarianism
The Society of Humanitarianism was a Dutch private organisation set up in 1818 by general Johannes van den Bosch to help poor families, mostly from the big cities, improve their lot in the aftermath of the Napoleonic French occupation by granting them farming land...
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