Gasselternijveenschemond

Gasselternijveenschemond is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe.

It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 23 km east of Assen.

The village was first mentioned in 1843 as Gasselter-Nijeveenstermond, and means "(canal) mouth of the new peat (colony) of Gasselte.

[3] There used to be a hamlet nearby called Eerste Dwarsdiep (First Transversal Canal) which used the place name sign "Gasselternijveenschemond Eerste Dwarsdiep" which at 39 letters was the longest of the Netherlands.

[4] In 1865, a cardboard factory and a dairy opened in the village.