Midden-Drenthe
Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Middenveld.
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.- Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 33,400 residents
- Description: municipality of the Netherlands
- Neighbors: Hoogeveen
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beilen railway station and Stephanuskerk.
Beilen railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westerbork and Beilen.
Westerbork
For the Dutch, the name of Westerbork is inseparably linked to the horrors of World War II, as the Germans ran a large transit camp just a few kilometres out of the village centre.
Beilen
Town
Photo: Gerardus, Public domain.Zwiggelte
Village
Zwiggelte is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km south of Assen. The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Wolbert to Swicler, and could mean "meadow with cattle".
Midden-Drenthe
- Location: Drenthe, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.8672° or 52° 52′ 2″ north
Longitude
6.5384° or 6° 32′ 18″ east
Population
33,400
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL MDD
Open location code
9F48VG8Q+V9
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Midden-Drenthe” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Albanian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Arabic: “ميدن-درنته”
- Armenian: “Միդեն-Դրենթե”
- Asturian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Balinese: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Basque: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Breton: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Catalan: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Midden-Drenthe”
- Chinese: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Chinese: “中德倫特”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Midden-Drenthe”
- Dutch: “Midden drenthe”
- Dutch: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Esperanto: “Midden-Drenthe”
- French: “Midden-Drenthe”
- French: “Middenveld”
- German: “Beilen”
- German: “Hooghalen”
- German: “Midden-Drenthe”
- German: “Middenveld”
- Hungarian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Igbo: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Indonesian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Irish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Italian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Kurdish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Ladin: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Limburgan: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Low German: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Luxembourgish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Malay: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Northern Frisian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Norwegian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Persian: “میدن-درنته”
- Polish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Portuguese: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Romanian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Russian: “Мидден-Дренте”
- Saterfriesisch: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Slovenian: “Beilen”
- Slovenian: “Hooghalen”
- Slovenian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Slovenian: “Middenveld”
- Spanish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Swedish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Turkish: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Ukrainian: “Мідден-Дренте”
- Urdu: “مڈن ڈرینتھے”
- Uzbek: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Venetian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Vietnamese: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Volapük: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Waray (Philippines): “Midden-Drenthe”
- Western Frisian: “Midden-Drenthe”
- Western Frisian: “Midden-Drinte”
- Zeeuws: “Midden-Drenthe”
- “Midden-Drenthe”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Molen van Makkum and Brunstingerplassen.
Drenthe: Must-Visit Destinations
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