Blankenburg
Blankenburg is a former village that was located on the Dutch island of Rozenburg in the province of South Holland. It was located to the west of Rotterdam and to the southeast of the village of Rozenburg and was part of the Blankenburg island polder of the same name, which was created around 1600 by migrants from Blankenberge in Flanders.- Type: Locality
- Description: former village located on the Dutch island of Rozenburg
- Also known as: “Blankenberg” and “Blankenburg (Rozenburg)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include De Hoop and Immanuel Church.
Maassluis Centrum metro station
Railway station
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maassluis Centrum, formerly Maassluis, is a metro station in Maassluis, The Netherlands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port of Rotterdam and Rozenburg.
Port of Rotterdam
Photo: kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Port of Rotterdam is a district in Rotterdam, making up a large part of the southern banks of the River Meuse. These harbours are all post-war additions to the city, mostly replacing this historical harbours on the northern banks.
Rozenburg
Village
Rozenburg is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 13,173 in 2004, and covers an area of 6.50 km2.
Maassluis
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maassluis is a quaint town in South Holland, Netherlands the city centre of which has barely changed in a century's time.
Blankenburg
- Categories: polder and village
- Location: Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Limburgan—“Blankenburg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blankenburg (Rozenburg)”
- Dutch: “Blankenburg”
- French: “Blankenburg”
- Limburgan: “Blankenburg”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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