“They have a castle there, a church and later also a monastery. And they build eighty farms in a century. That is unprecedented and therefore they had their own dominant position and played a huge role in the entire region.”
What can you see in the landscape of the Glory Ruinen? Spek: “In the past there was a large castle, which was now called the Oldenhove, where Oldenhave is now, just southwest of Ruinen, but there is now a farm. We have done bores there and then the canals were still there. But you don’t see anything of the castle anymore. That is very unfortunate.”
“And the Brink van Ruinen, that is actually not Brink at all, according to Bart (Wever). That is a market square that lay in front of the house, in front of the old court of the Van Ruinens, for they lived next to the church. The church, the Hof and later the monastery lay on a market square with all the small houses around it, a square square. That is also a goal nasty. Also belongs to that power politics, you must try to promote trade. “
Spek continues: “In Zuidwest-Drenthe, the gentlemen of Ruinen have been decisive. We are talking about a new economy. A gigantic development that came to thousands of settlers, where agricultural land was created and the modern farming company was created. The backlog that the wilderisms first had ended in a huge lead.
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