De Westereen

De Westereen is a village in the municipality of , the . It had a population of around 5,000 in 2017.
Wikipedia
Photo: Baykedevries, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 5,060 residents
  • Description: village in Dantumadeel, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9271

Places of Interest

Highlights include De Westereen railway station and Skierstins.

Railway station
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
De Westereen is a railway station located in De Westereen, . The station was opened on 1 October 1885 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Leeuwarden and Groningen.

Castle
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
The is a medieval Stienhús built c. 1300 out of brick in . It is the only remaining medieval Stienhús in . It is listed as Rijksmonument number 11700 and rated with a very high historical value. is situated 3½ km southwest of De Westereen.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 3½ km southwest of De Westereen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sweagerbosk and Twijzelerheide.

Village
is a village in municipality in the province of the . It had a population of around 638 in January 2017.

Village
Photo: Willemjans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 1800 in 2017. A dialect of Wood Frisian, Westereendersk dialect, is spoken in this village.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a village in the municipality of , the . It had a population of 235 in 2017.

De Westereen

Latitude
53.25647° or 53° 15′ 23″ north
Longitude
6.03887° or 6° 2′ 20″ east
Population
5,060
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
NL ZWE and NL DWS
Open location code
9F58724Q+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48291277
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2743590
Wiki­data ID
Q1907265
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“De Westereen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دي فيسترين”
  • Asturian: “De Westereen”
  • Catalan: “De Westereen”
  • Cebuano: “De Westereen”
  • Chinese: “De Westereen”
  • Danish: “De Westereen”
  • Dutch: “De Westereen”
  • Dutch: “Zwaagwesteinde”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دى فيسترين”
  • Finnish: “De Westereen”
  • French: “De Westereen”
  • German: “De Westereen”
  • Irish: “De Westereen”
  • Ladin: “De Westereen”
  • Lithuanian: “De Vesterynas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “De Westereen”
  • Northern Frisian: “De Westereen”
  • Persian: “وسترین”
  • Russian: “Де-Вестерен”
  • Ukrainian: “Де-Вестерен”
  • Western Frisian: “De Westereen”
  • Western Frisian: “De Westerein”
  • “De Westereen”

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