Bareveld
village in Aa en Hunze and Veendam, Netherlands
Bareveld (Dutch: [ˈbaːrəˌvɛlt]; Gronings: Boareveld) is a Dutch village on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. The Drenthe part of the village belongs to the municipality of Aa en Hunze, the Groningen part of the village has been added to the municipality of Veendam. It is located on the N33, in between the linear villages of Eexterveenschekanaal and Nieuwediep.
The Groningen part has 380 inhabitants (2004) and is administratively part of the built-up area of the village of Wildervank, and is therefore no longer always seen as a real part of Bareveld. Only the part that falls under the municipality of Aa and Hunze has its own place name sign.
History
The village was first attested as Baarveld in 1781. It is probably a compound of baar ('barren, infertile') or Dutch Low Saxon boar ('wild, inhospitable') and veld ('field').
Bareveld is located on the Semslinie from 1615, a straight line between the Martini Tower in the city of Groningen and Ter Apel that was intended to put an end to the disputes of the time.
There used to be a dam near Bareveld. Based on a covenant from 1817 between the city of Groningen and the Drenthe peat markets from Eext to Valthe, it was not allowed to be crossed.
“Bareveld” enters the record as village in Aa en Hunze and Veendam, Netherlands. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bareveld, village and Hunze can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Bareveld” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Bareveld, village and Hunze provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2884448. The first chronological checks are 2004, 1781, 1615 and 1817.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Bareveld”, its source revision and the description used here.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Bareveld” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.