Hoogezand is a village in the municipality Hoogezand-Sappemeer, located in the northeast Netherlands. Hoogezand-Sappemeer ( is a Municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The name refers to a higher sanded (Hooge Sandt) place in the peatlands cut through when the Winschoterdiep channel was dug. Peat is an accumulation of partially Decayed Vegetation matter. The Winschoterdiep is a Dutch-built Canal which lies in Groningen, The Netherlands. Physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a River, slough or ocean Strait consisting of a bed and banks Near this channel in 1618 the village was founded.
In the beginning the town was a center of peat briquettes producing. A briquette (or briquet) is a block of flammable Matter which is used as Fuel to start and maintain a Fire. When the peat ran out factories for cardboard and potato plants opened. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods Cardboard is a generic non-specific term for a heavy duty Paper based product The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae At the moment Hoogezand is most known for the shipbuilding industry. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a On the shipyards the vessels are launched sideways, which is uncommon for slipways. Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military A slipway, boat slip or just a slip, is a ramp on the shore by which Ships or Boats can be moved to and from the water
In 1949 Hoogezand en Sappemeer became one city. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sappemeer is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer. At the moment Hoogezand-Sappemeer has 34 438 citizens (2005). Around 21 000 of them live in Hoogezand.
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