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: Dusinksweg , 7636 PE Agelo | 42.6 KM | |
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From
43
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69
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1728 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head southwest | 37 M | ||
| Turn right | 20 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 8 M | ||
| Turn left onto Timmusweg | 186 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Timmusweg | 301 M | ||
| Turn right onto Berend Vinckenstraat | 162 M | ||
| Turn left | 131 M | ||
| Turn right | 244 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wildehof | 15 M | ||
| Turn left | 143 M | ||
| Turn left onto Odemarusstraat | 17 M | ||
| Turn left onto Profietstraat | 135 M | ||
| Turn left onto Smithuisstraat | 79 M | ||
| Turn right onto Radboudstraat | 171 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkplein | 18 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Kerkplein | 61 M | ||
| You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
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From
69
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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
37
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1870 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head southwest on Binnenes | 342 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Tubbergerdijk | 45 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Tubbergerdijk | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
36
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1348 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head west on Lädderken | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 36 | 0 M | ||
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From
36
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21
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4621 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 | 485 M | ||
| Turn left onto Binnenveldsweg | 482 M | ||
| Turn left onto Binnenveldsweg | 46 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bachstraat | 26 M | ||
| Turn right | 276 M | ||
| Turn right onto Knoefstraat | 91 M | ||
| Turn left onto Lodewijkstraat | 290 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kooikerstraat | 122 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pastoor Vredendaalpad | 125 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
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20
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5299 M | 5.3 KM | |
| Head south on Grotestraat | 37 M | ||
| Turn right onto Raadhuisplein | 28 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Raadhuisplein | 122 M | ||
| Turn right onto Nassaustraat | 33 M | ||
| Turn left onto Julianastraat | 196 M | ||
| Turn right onto Prins Bernhardstraat | 202 M | ||
| Turn right onto Huyerenseweg | 283 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hardenbergerweg | 487 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Hardenbergerweg | 135 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Braakmansweg | 152 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Braakmansweg | 416 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 421 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bosweg | 33 M | ||
| Turn right onto Huyerenseweg | 276 M | ||
| Turn left onto Veldweg | 950 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vikkersweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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From
20
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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
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56
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1020 M | 1 KM | |
| Head east on 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 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 Z.Z. | 170 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on 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 Z.Z. | 27 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Rikkenspoelsweg | 463 M | ||
| Keep left onto 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 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
to
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
43
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3561 M | 3.6 KM | |
| Head north on Weerselosestraat | 182 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kipboomweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Rossumerstraat | 18 M | ||
| Turn left | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Steenmatenweg | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 43 | 0 M |