Westerwolde Municipality

Westerwolde is a municipality in the province of in the northeast of the . The municipalities of Bellingwedde and Vlagtwedde merged into the new municipality of Westerwolde on 1 January 2018.
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  • Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 24,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Westerwolde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bourtange Fortress and Lieftinghsbroek.

Castle
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Fort Bourtange is a fort in the of , , . It was built under orders of William the Silent and completed in 1593. Its original purpose was to control the only road between and the city of Groningen, which was controlled by the Spaniards during the time of the Eighty Years' War.

Nature reserve
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Westerwolde Municipality.

Windmill
Photo: Wessoo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a windmill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bourtange and Westerwolde.

Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Established during the Eighty Years' War, the fortified town of is a charming destination in the region of the , right on the border with .

Photo: Arch, CC0.
is a region in the southeast of in province in the Netherlands. The region consists of the municipalities of Vlagtwedde and Bellingwedde, that plan to merge and become the municipality of in 2018.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a village.

Westerwolde Municipality

Latitude
53.028° or 53° 1′ 41″ north
Longitude
7.1567° or 7° 9′ 24″ east
Population
24,700
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F5925H4+5M
Geo­Names ID
12022124
Wiki­data ID
Q27768267
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Westerwolde Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Westerwolde (munisipaliteit)”
  • Afrikaans: “Westerwolde”
  • Asturian: “Westerwolde”
  • Balinese: “Westerwolde”
  • Catalan: “Westerwolde”
  • Chinese: “韋斯特沃德”
  • Chinese: “韋斯特沃爾德”
  • Chinese: “韦斯特沃尔德”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Westerwolde”
  • Dutch: “Westerwolde (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Westerwolde”
  • Esperanto: “Westerwolde”
  • French: “Westerwolde”
  • German: “Westerwolde”
  • Indonesian: “Westerwolde”
  • Irish: “Westerwolde”
  • Italian: “Westerwolde”
  • Kurdish: “Westerwolde”
  • Ladin: “Westerwolde”
  • Limburgan: “Westerwolde”
  • Low German: “Westerwoolde (gemainte)”
  • Low German: “Westerwoolde”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westerwolde”
  • Minangkabau: “Westerwolde”
  • Northern Frisian: “Westerwolde (Gemeend)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Westerwolde”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Westerwolde”
  • Persian: “وسترولد”
  • Polish: “Westerwolde”
  • Portuguese: “Westerwolde”
  • Russian: “Вестерволде”
  • Slovenian: “Westerwolde”
  • Spanish: “Westerwolde”
  • Swedish: “Westerwolde”
  • Turkish: “Westerwolde”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестерволде”
  • Venetian: “Westerwolde”
  • Western Frisian: “Westerwâlde (gemeente)”
  • Western Frisian: “Westerwâlde”
  • Zeeuws: “Westerwolde”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Stobben and Poldert.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bourtange Fortress Museum and Bakoven.

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