Makkingaastervaart

Makkingaastervaart is in Ooststellingwerf Municipality, Friesland. Makkingaastervaart is situated nearby to the locality Grote Singel, as well as near Hoek Makkinga.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bonifatiuskerk, Makkinga and De Weyert.

Bonifatiuskerk, Makkinga

Church

Photo: Pa3ems, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonifatiuskerk, Makkinga is a church.

De Weyert

Windmill

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De Weyert is a smock mill in Makkinga, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1925 and is in working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 31725.

Vesuvius, windmill

Windmill

Photo: Willemjans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vesuvius, windmill is situated 3½ km south of Makkingaastervaart.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makkinga and Hoornsterzwaag.

Makkinga is a village in the Dutch municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland. On 1 January 2017, it had 1,040 inhabitants. Makkinga is known among transportation planners and engineers as the first community to introduce the concept of shared space, which means the removal of traffic controls in the high street to encourage safer interaction between vehicles and pedestrians.

Hoornsterzwaag

Village

Photo: Willemjans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hoornsterzwaag is a small village in Heerenveen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 830 in January 2017. Hoornsterzwaag is situated 3½ km northwest of Makkingaastervaart.

Nijeberkoop

Village

Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.

Nijeberkoop is a village consisting of about 270 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in 2017 in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. Nijeberkoop is situated 3½ km southwest of Makkingaastervaart.

Makkingaastervaart

Type: Body of water
Also known as: “Makkingaaster Vaart”
Location: Ooststellingwerf Municipality, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.98529° or 52° 59′ 7″ north

Longitude

6.2159° or 6° 12′ 57″ east

Elevation

3 metres (10 feet)

Open location code

9F48X6P8+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 88731893

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

2751256

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