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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 4,810 residents
- Description: village in Midden-Drenthe, Netherlands
- Postal code: 9431
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stefanuskerk (Westerbork) and Iron Age farm.
Stefanuskerk (Westerbork)
Church
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Stefanuskerk (Westerbork) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eursinge and Zwiggelte.
Eursinge
Hamlet
Eursinge is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe and lies about 16 km northeast of Hoogeveen. The statistical area "Eursinge", which can also include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 60.
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".
Orvelte
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orvelte is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 18 km northeast of Hoogeveen.
Westerbork
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, village, and locality
- Location: Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.8492° or 52° 50′ 57″ northLongitude
6.6103° or 6° 36′ 37″ eastPopulation
4,810Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL WBKOpen location code
9F48RJX6+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 47514721OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Zeeuws—“Westerbork” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Вестерборк”
- Catalan: “Westerbork”
- Cebuano: “Westerbork”
- Chinese: “Westerbork”
- Chinese: “韋斯特博克”
- Danish: “Westerbork”
- Dutch: “Westerbork (dorp)”
- Dutch: “Westerbork”
- Esperanto: “Westerbork (vilaĝo)”
- Esperanto: “Westerbork”
- French: “Westerbork”
- German: “Westerbork”
- Irish: “Westerbork”
- Italian: “Westerbork”
- Limburgan: “Westerbork”
- Lithuanian: “Vesterborkas”
- Low German: “Börk”
- Luxembourgish: “Westerbork”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westerbork”
- Persian: “وستربورک”
- Polish: “Westerbork”
- Portuguese: “Westerbork”
- Romanian: “Westerbork”
- Russian: “Вестерборк (посёлок)”
- Russian: “Вестерборк”
- Swedish: “Westerbork”
- Ukrainian: “Вестерборк”
- Western Frisian: “Westerbork”
- Zeeuws: “Westerbork”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Westerbork”. Photo: FredTC, CC BY 3.0.