Vaassen

Vaassen (Low German: "Vaossen") is one of four villages in the Dutch municipality Epe. Vaassen is situated between Apeldoorn and Zwolle, on the eastern edge of the Veluwe in the province of Gelderland and has 12,719 inhabitants (2008). Vaassen was an independent municipality up to January 1 1818, when it merged with Epe. [Ad van der Meer en Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

History

The town is mentioned for the first time in a certificate from the Codex Laureshamnensis of the monastery of Lorschin the year 891 or 892, when someone called "Brunhilde" gave a farmhouse and the church to Lorsch [ [http://www.literature.at/webinterface/library/ALO-BOOK_V01?objid=18717&page=388&zoom=3&ocr= Codex Laureshamis] ] . The name Vaassen derives from "Fasna", an old word for a specific rough type of grass. [cite book | last = Groenedijk| first = T. | title = Nederlandse plaatsnamen | publisher = Slingenberg Boekproducties | date = 2000 | location = Hoogeveen| pages = 162| isbn = 9076113815]

From the 2nd of September 1887 up to the 8th of October 1950 there was a railwaystation in Vaassen. The station was part of the so called Baronline between Apeldoorn and Zwolle. In 1950 the station was closed because the line was discontinued. The former railwaystation is still in its original place, but now used as a dwelling.

Architecture

Vaassen's most remarkable old building is the 16th century Cannenburgh Castle, once home to Maarten van Rossum.

References

External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ge/epe2.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
* [http://www.vaassen-online.nl Site of the town of Vaassen]