Hoofdwacht

Hoofdwacht is a building in , . Hoofdwacht is situated nearby to , as well as near the cemetery .
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joodse Begraafplaats and Bad Nieuweschans railway station.

Cemetery
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.
is a cemetery, which is situated 320 metres east of Hoofdwacht.

Railway station
Photo: Spoorjan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bad Nieuweschans, previously named Nieuweschans, is an unstaffed railway station in the village of , . It connects the Harlingen–Nieuweschans and Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railways and is situated between , Netherlands and , . is situated 720 metres northwest of Hoofdwacht.

Rest area
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is a rest area, which is situated 760 metres east of Hoofdwacht.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bad Nieuweschans and Nieuw-Beerta.

Village
Photo: Roepers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the north-eastern on the border with . It forms part of the municipality of . Nieuweschans means "new fortification ".

Village
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is a village with a population of 120 in the municipality of in the east of the province of in the northeast of the . The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute has a weather station in the village. is situated 3 km west of Hoofdwacht.

Village
is a dike village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Hoofdwacht.

Hoofdwacht

Latitude
53.17982° or 53° 10′ 47″ north
Longitude
7.20752° or 7° 12′ 27″ east
Inception
1628
Open location code
9F5956H5+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 190248029
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2133668
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Hoofdwacht” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Hoofdwacht (Bad Nieuweschans)”
  • Dutch: “Hoofdwacht”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 30479”
  • Dutch: “Voorm. Hoofdwacht”
  • French: “Hoofdwacht”
  • German: “Hoofdwacht”
  • Latin: “Hoofdwacht”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hoofdwacht”
  • Portuguese: “Hoofdwacht”
  • “Hoofdwacht”

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