De Ruigewaard

De Ruigewaard is a hamlet in Westerkwartier, Groningen. De Ruigewaard is situated nearby to the hamlet ‘t Hoekje, as well as near Ruigezand.

Places of Interest

Highlights include De Pol and De Waterwolf.

De Pol

Farm

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De Pol is a farm.

De Waterwolf

Photo: Wutsje, CC BY-SA 3.0.

De Waterwolf is situated 3 km northeast of De Ruigewaard.

Munnekezijlstermolen, Munnekezijl

Windmill

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The Munnekezijlstermolen is a smock mill in Munnekezijl, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1856 and is in working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument. Munnekezijlstermolen, Munnekezijl is situated 2½ km west of De Ruigewaard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauwerzijl and Kommerzijl.

Lauwerzijl

Village

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Lauwerzijl is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 195. Until 1990 the village belonged to the former municipality of Oldehove, then until 2019 to the former municipality of Zuidhorn.

Kommerzijl

Village

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Kommerzijl, until the end of the 17th century called Opslachterzijl, is a linear village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, located on the Kommerzijlsterdiep, which continues after the village as Kommerzijlsterriet and flows into the Reitdiep.

Munnekezijl

Village

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Munnekezijl is the easternmost village in Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of 488 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland municipality. Munnekezijl is situated 2½ km west of De Ruigewaard.

De Ruigewaard

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Westerkwartier, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

53.30139° or 53° 18′ 5″ north

Longitude

6.31168° or 6° 18′ 42″ east

Open location code

9F588826+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 48350159

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2757075

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