Weesplagen

Weesplagen is a forest in , . Weesplagen is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jan Kruis Museum and Ellert en Brammert.

Museum
Photo: CrazyPhunk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Tim Strater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an open-air museum in Schoonoord expositing the way people lived in at the time of the peat digging. It was named after a myth about the two giants Ellert and Brammert who prowled around the Ellertsveld.

Nature reserve
Photo: Roleff, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westerbork and Schoonoord.

Photo: FredTC, CC BY 3.0.
For the Dutch, the name of 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.

Village
Photo: CrazyPhunk, Public domain.
is a village in the and it is part of the municipality in . It has an altitude of about 20 meters. The population was 2,219 with 970 households in 2004.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 18 km northeast of .

Weesplagen

Latitude
52.8341° or 52° 50′ 3″ north
Longitude
6.7014° or 6° 42′ 5″ east
Open location code
9F48RPM2+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1044543807
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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Satellite Map

Discover Weesplagen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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