Zwiggelte

Zwiggelte is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km south of Assen. The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Wolbert to Swicler, and could mean "meadow with cattle".

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Type: Village with 452 residents
Description: village in Midden-Drenthe, Netherlands
Postal code: 9433

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stefanuskerk (Westerbork) and Huis Dennenrode.

Stefanuskerk (Westerbork)

Church

Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.

Stefanuskerk (Westerbork) is a church, which is situated 3 km southeast of Zwiggelte.

Huis Dennenrode

House

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Huis Dennenrode is a house, which is situated 4 km northwest of Zwiggelte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westerbork and Alting.

Westerbork

Photo: FredTC, CC BY 3.0.

For the Dutch, the name of Westerbork is inseparably linked to the horrors of World War II, as the Germans ran a large transit camp just a few kilometres out of the village centre.

Alting

Locality

Alting is a hamlet in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, in the province of Drenthe. It is located directly east of Beilen and south of the hamlet of Klatering. Alting is situated 3½ km west of Zwiggelte.

Elp

Village

Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.

Elp is a small village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km south of Assen. The village was first mentioned in 1362 as "in Elpe". Elp is situated 4 km east of Zwiggelte.

Zwiggelte

Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
Location: Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.8735° or 52° 52′ 25″ north

Longitude

6.58768° or 6° 35′ 16″ east

Population

452

Elevation

17 metres (56 feet)

United Nations Location Code

NL ZGE

Open location code

9F48VHFQ+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10809018170

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2743495

Wikidata ID

Q2093643

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Zwiggelte” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Zwiggelte”
Chinese: “Zwiggelte”
Dutch: “Zwiggelte”
French: “Zwiggelte”
Irish: “Zwiggelte”
Low German: “Zwiggelt”
Min Nan Chinese: “Zwiggelte”
Persian: “زویخلته”
Portuguese: “Zwiggelte”
Ukrainian: “Звіггелте”
Western Frisian: “Swiggelte”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Klatering and Zuidveld.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include De Schuur and IJsvereniging Rijlust.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zwiggelte”. Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.