Kûkherne

Kûkherne is a hamlet in the municipalities of , and , in the province of Friesland, the . Kûkherne is located south of the railway bridge over the Nije Feart between and .
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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 , . 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.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Feanwâlden and Twijzelerheide.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in the municipality of , the . It had a population of around 3,430 in 2014. Together with the village of , a former hamlet of , it has a village interest association group under the name: Vereniging van Dorpsbelangen Veenwouden / Veenwoudsterwal e.o.

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

Kûkherne

Latitude
53.24099° or 53° 14′ 28″ north
Longitude
6.01957° or 6° 1′ 11″ east
United Nations Location Code
NL KHO
Open location code
9F5862R9+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5551025899
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2752176
Wiki­data ID
Q2576937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Kûkherne” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Kuikhorne”
  • Dutch: “Kuikhorne”
  • Dutch: “Kûkherne”
  • French: “Kuikhorne”
  • Irish: “Kûkherne”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kûkherne”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kûkherne”
  • Ukrainian: “Кейкгорне”
  • Western Frisian: “Kûkherne”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Zevenhuizen and Hiltsjemuoiswâlden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ‘t Eibertsnest and Chaletpark Kuikhorne.

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