Dorkwerd
Dorkwerd is a small village in Groningen, the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Groningen, about 4 km northwest of the city center. Recent construction of new residential areas have brought the city to less than 500 meters from the village of Dorkwerd, and the postal authorities have placed it under Groningen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Esdert, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut and Stadsmarkering S04 Polyhymnia.
Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut
University building
Photo: Eg-T2g, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut is an university building.
Stadsmarkering S04 Polyhymnia
Work of art
Photo: ZanderZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stadsmarkering S04 Polyhymnia is a work of art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reitdiephaven and Slaperstil.
Harssens
Hamlet
Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest city as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of January 2025, it had 244,807 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad.
Dorkwerd
- Type: Hamlet with 80 residents
- Description: village in the Netherlands
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Groningen, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.25046° or 53° 15′ 2″ northLongitude
6.5134° or 6° 30′ 48″ eastPopulation
80Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9F587G27+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 48279659OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2756665Wikidata ID
Q749695
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Dorkwerd” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Dorkwerd”
- Cebuano: “Dorkwerd”
- Chinese: “Dorkwerd”
- Dutch: “Dorkwerd”
- French: “Dorkwerd”
- Luxembourgish: “Dorkwerd”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dorkwerd”
- Persian: “دورکورد”
- Ukrainian: “Доркверд”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Paddepoel and Heemwerd.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include De Hoeksteen and zonnewarmtepark Dorkwerd.
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