De Boerhoornblazer
Statue of a farmer blowing the boerhoorn, the horn that used to call the village together. It stands for naoberschap, the tradition of neighbours helping each other in rural Drenthe.
The municipality of Rolde presented the statue to the Boermarke Rolde, the village's farmers' association, on 10 September 1985 to mark the 200th anniversary of the Roldermarkt. It was made by E.H. van Dulmen Krumpelman from Rolde. The horn blower stands on a round brick platform, with a plaque on the plinth.
In the villages of Drenthe, the boerhoorn used to be the way to alert everyone. When the horn sounded, the village knew that something out of the ordinary was going on. The farmers gathered to do a job together, take a decision or act in case of fire or another disaster. They met at fixed places in the village: under an oak, on the bleaching green by a farmhouse or on the brink, the village green.
The most important farmer was chosen as hoornboer, the horn farmer. He blew the horn as the signal for important moments, such as the start of the grain harvest.
