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Drachtstercompagnie

Drachtster kompenije
Drachtstercompagnie Drachtster kompenije
Village
	Jesus-is-Alive church
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Smallingerland municipality
	Drachtstercompagnie Location in the Netherlands Drachtstercompagnie Drachtstercompagnie (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 53°8′0″N 6°8′0″E / 53.13333°N 6.13333°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Smallingerland
Area
• Total	13.60 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,660
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Postal code	9222
Dialing code	0512

Drachtstercompagnie (West Frisian: Drachtster kompenije [ˈdraχtstr̩ kompəˈnɛi.ə]) is a small village in Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,185 in January 2017.^[3]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1841 as Compagnie (de). It refers to the Drachtster Company who had the concession for the excavation of the peat around Drachten.^[4] A Bronze Age burial mound has been discovered, however later the raised bog made the area uninhabitable. The peat excavation started in the middle of the 18th century.^[5]

Drachtstercompagnie was home to 374 people in 1840.^[6] There was a little church in Drachtstercompagnie built in 1921. It was torn down and rebuilt in the same style in 2000, and is in use a studio.^[6] On 7 September 1941, a Vickers Wellington of the Royal Air Force was shot down and crashed in Drachtstercompagnie. The 6 crew members are buried at the local cemetery in a Commonwealth grave.^[7]