Northern Netherlands
Groningen
Westerwolde Municipality

Hebrecht

Hebrecht is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 34 km north of . The village was first mentioned in 1867 as Het Hebrecht, and means "selfish person" which relates to the long lasting feud between and about the ownership of the border area.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bourtange Fortress and Vestingmolen Bourtange.

Castle
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Fort Bourtange is a fort in the of , , . It was built under orders of William the Silent and completed in 1593. Its original purpose was to control the only road between and the city of Groningen, which was controlled by the Spaniards during the time of the Eighty Years' War. is situated 4 km south of Hebrecht.

Windmill
Photo: Wessoo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a windmill, which is situated 4 km south of Hebrecht.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stakenborg and Weite.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 33 km northeast of . The hamlet was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as Stakenburg, and is a combination of a thin pole and borg. is situated 3 km south of Hebrecht.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 32 km north of . The hamlet was first mentioned in 1913 as . is situated 3 km southwest of Hebrecht.

Village
is a linear with a population of around 720 in the municipality of in the . is situated 3½ km northwest of Hebrecht.

Hebrecht

Latitude
53.04109° or 53° 2′ 28″ north
Longitude
7.17582° or 7° 10′ 33″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F5925RG+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47808806
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2754721
Wiki­data ID
Q2692217
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Hebrecht” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Hebrecht”
  • Chinese: “Hebrecht”
  • Dutch: “Hebrecht”
  • French: “Hebrecht”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hebrecht”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hebrecht”
  • Persian: “هبرشت”
  • Portuguese: “Hebrecht”
  • Ukrainian: “Гебрехт”
  • Western Frisian: “Hebrecht”

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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 “Hebrecht”. Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.