Rest valley route

De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 199370

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Provided by: Drenthe.nl

47.6 km
02:47 h
838 kcal
17 m

Description

The strongly meandering river Reest meanders like a border line between Drenthe and Overijssel and runs from Dedemsvaart to Meppel. The Reest has a drop of only 5 meters over a distance of more than 30 kilometers and the width of the Reestdal is on average 100 meters. The peat river has its source in the former peat areas near Lutten. Around De Wijk we see a number of beautiful manors and old farms on both sides of the Reest. 
The Reestdal is also home to many special plant species. The Marsh Marigold, but also rarities such as Great Burner, Northern Sedge and Swamp Cartel Leaf are present.

The district

De Wijk is first mentioned in 1383. De Wijk is closely connected to the manor houses De Havixhorst, Dikninge, Dunnigen and Voorwijk and to the village of IJhorst in Overijssel, which lies across the Reest. People used to say that De Wijk was a village without a church and that IJhorst was a church without a village.

IJhorst
IJhorst is first mentioned in 1176 as a village with 5 farms along the Reest, of which probably two on the Overijssel side. The church of IJhorst is mentioned in 1292 and was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The current building dates from 1823. Under the choir is the crypt of the Lords of Munster and dates from 1658. The lords of De Havixhorst and the abbots of the Dikninge monastery are buried in the crypt. Next to the church is a bell tower on a foundation of boulders. Due to the construction of the monastery with church in Dikninge around 1325, there have been close ties with the church in IJhorst. The story goes that there used to be a subterranean corridor that connected both churches. This corridor has not yet been found.

Fort

Fort was created after 1850 during peat reclamation. It is not known whether there ever was a fort or another defense structure. The possibility of a ford (by the Reest) from which the word fort would be derived also seems unlikely.

Forestry Staphorst
The Staphorst forestry is located in the middle of a forest-poor region. This makes it very attractive to animals, including the badger with their burrows. The forests were created between 1930 and 1940 by unemployed people from the west of the country as a job creation project. The forest is interspersed with fens and heaths. Peat was still extracted in a number of fens until 1970. The large moor'De Vier Bergen\\\' shows what it must have looked like when the forest was created.

Lankhorst
The hamlet of Lankhorst in the municipality of Staphorst consists mainly of farms along the Lankhorsterweg. The intersection of the nearby A28 and A32 was named the Lankhorst junction. During the construction of this crossing, parts of an American fighter plane from the Second World War were found. This is a Republic Thunderbolt P-47D. The plane crashed during dogfights with German fighters in 1944. The pilot was killed.

The Havixhorst / Dikninghe / Voorwijk
De Havixhorst is first mentioned in 1409 in the archives of Dickninge Abbey. The current country house dates from 1753. The accompanying garden has been redesigned in Baroque style. The garden of the manor house is used as a herb garden for the restaurant and can be visited freely. On the spot Lutteke Havixhorst or'De Kleine Havixhorst\\' on the edge of the estate is the information center'De Lokkerij\\\' about storks.
The 175 hectare Dikninge estate in English landscape style has an eventful history. In 1325 the monastery of Ruinen was moved to this place and from here the churches in Beilen, Blikkenstein Ruinen and Westerbork were served. After 1580, probably as a result of the 80-year war, the monks disappeared and in 1603 the monastery was closed. In 1795 Baron RH de Vos van Steenwijk became the new owner. He demolished all the old buildings and built a new one, the current one, which was completed in 1813.
Voorwijk was built at the end of the 18th century by W. Tonckens. Around 1900 the house came into the possession of the De Vos van Steenwijk family. Both the House and garden cannot be visited.
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Drenthe.nl

Marketing Drenthe Foundation was established in 2007 on behalf of the Province. Marketing Drenthe is responsible for improving the image of Drenthe in the field of tourism, living and working, with the ultimate goal of contributing to the economic development within these sectors. The core values of Drenthe, such as tranquility, space and originality are made 'future-oriented'. For example, Drenthe must become a vital, dynamic province in the image. The intended result of the campaign is a significant image improvement of the Netherlands' most beautiful province. Marketing Drenthe is a professional, enthusiastic and decisive team with an open attitude to tackle matters and identify new opportunities. In addition, there is the power to connect parties and to improve and strengthen communication in order to put Drenthe on the map.

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Directions

# Description Distance
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