{"id":195723,"date":"2024-04-25T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/?post_type=plaats&p=195723"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:33:57","slug":"tuindorp","status":"publish","type":"plaats","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/place\/aalten\/tuindorp\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuindorp"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1920s, the Vereniging tot Verbetering der Volkshuisvesting (Association for the Improvement of Public Housing) built eighteen workers’ houses in Aalten on the corner of Admiraal de Ruyterstraat<\/a> and Van Heemskerckstraat<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This small neighbourhood was known in Aalten as the \u2018Tuindorp\u2019 \u2014 literally \u2018garden village\u2019 \u2014 a name reflecting a nationwide housing movement of the period. Across the Netherlands, so-called garden villages were being built as green residential districts offering workers spacious, healthy homes with their own gardens.<\/p>\n

Aalten’s Tuindorp was also known as the \u2018Rooie Dorp\u2019 (\u2018Red Village\u2019), because of the houses’ red roof tiles.<\/p>\n

Do you have more information or photographs of Tuindorp in Aalten? Please let us know.<\/p>\n

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Newspaper reports<\/h3>\n
\"Tuindorp,
Aaltensche Courant, 1 August 1930<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tuindorp
Aaltensche Courant, 11 March 1941<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tuindorp,
Twentsch Nieuwsblad, 3 July 1943<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photographs<\/h3>\n
\"Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood celebration in Tuindorp, Aalten, 1952 (photo: Jessica Kuiperij)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tuindorp
Tuindorp walking club, later De Krekels, during the evening walking event in 1973 (photo: Mary Lubbers-Verwoerd). Are you, or do you recognise someone, in this photograph? Please leave a comment at the bottom of this page, giving the number and name.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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