Hondsrug

The Hondsrug is a Dutch ridge of sand that is mainly located in the province and partly in the province . The spur of the Hondsrug in Groningen has led to the creation of various villages build on artificial dwelling hills: , , , Winsum, , Rasquert, , , Rottum.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Esdal College and Willibrord Church.

School
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is a school.

Church
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Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borger and Westdorp.

Town
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is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 18 km east of . The hunebed dolmen D27 is the biggest hunebed of the Netherlands and has its own museum.

Hamlet
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is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 17 km northwest of .

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 17 km north of . The village was first mentioned in 1263 as de Ese, and means "farmland around a village".

Hondsrug

Latitude
52.91667° or 52° 55′ north
Longitude
6.78333° or 6° 47′ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
9F48WQ8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2753815
Wiki­data ID
Q1626793
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Hondsrug” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hondsrug”
  • Catalan: “Hondsrug”
  • Chinese: “洪兹吕赫”
  • Chinese: “洪斯吕赫”
  • Chinese: “洪斯呂赫”
  • Chinese: “洪斯魯赫”
  • Chinese: “洪斯鲁赫”
  • Dutch: “Bisschopsrug”
  • Dutch: “Hondsrug”
  • Esperanto: “Hondsrug”
  • French: “Hondsrug”
  • German: “Drenther Erhebung”
  • German: “Hondsrug”
  • Italian: “Hondsrug”
  • Japanese: “ホンツリュフ”
  • Japanese: “ホンツルフ”
  • Low German: “Hondsrog”
  • Low German: “Hondsrug”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hondsrug”
  • Western Frisian: “Hûnsrich”

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