Beckum
Beckum is a small village 3 km south of Hengelo, Netherlands. The village lies in the municipality of Hengelo, between Hengelo and Haaksbergen. It was first mentioned in 1268 as Beckem, and might mean "settlement along a brook".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,000 residents
- Description: village in the municipality of Hengelo, The Netherlands
- Also known as: “Beckum, Overijssel” and “Bekkum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sint-Blasiuskerk and Zoutindustrie railway halt.
Zoutindustrie railway halt
Railway station
Zoutindustrie railway halt is a railway station, which is situated 4 km southeast of Beckum.
Resort Bad Boekelo
Hotel
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Resort Bad Boekelo is a hotel, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Beckum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oele and Boekelo.
Oele
Hamlet
Oele is a village in the municipality Hengelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located south-west of Hengelo, south of the Twentekanaal. The highway A35 and the Provincial road 739|N739 are close to the population centre. Oele is situated 3½ km north of Beckum.
Boekelo
Village
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Boekelo is a village in the municipality of Enschede in the eastern Netherlands, the population is estimated at approximately 2,500. It is located just west of Usselo. Boekelo is situated 4 km east of Beckum.
Bentelo
Village
Bentelo is a farming village in the Dutch municipality Hof van Twente. Bentelo is situated 4 km west of Beckum.
Beckum
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Hengelo, Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.21227° or 52° 12′ 44″ northLongitude
6.74128° or 6° 44′ 29″ eastPopulation
1,000Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
9F486P6R+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 45726128OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2759363Wikidata ID
Q2805868
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Frisian—“Beckum” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beckum”
- Chinese: “Beckum”
- Dutch: “Beckum (Overijssel)”
- Dutch: “Beckum”
- French: “Beckum”
- Irish: “Beckum”
- Low German: “Beckum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Beckum”
- Persian: “بکوم”
- Russian: “Беккюм”
- Turkish: “Beckum”
- Ukrainian: “Беккюм”
- Western Frisian: “Beckum”
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