Westerwolde
Westerwolde is a region in the southeast of in Groningen province in the Netherlands. The region consists of the municipalities of Vlagtwedde and Bellingwedde, that plan to merge and become the municipality of Westerwolde in 2018.
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
- Type: Region
- Description: region in Groningen, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Westerwôlde”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bourtange Fortress and Lieftinghsbroek.
Bourtange Fortress
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.Lieftinghsbroek
Nature reserve
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourtange and Vlagtwedde.
Westerwolde
- Category: area
- Location: Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53° north
Longitude
7.1667° or 7° 10′ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F592528+2M
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Westerwolde” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Westerwolde”
- Dutch: “Westerwolde”
- Esperanto: “Westerwolde”
- French: “Westerwolde”
- German: “Westerwolde”
- Italian: “Westerwolde”
- Low German: “Westerwoolde”
- Luxembourgish: “Westerwolde”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Westerwolde”
- Slovenian: “Westerwolde”
- Venetian: “Westerwolde”
- Western Frisian: “Westerwâlde”
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Localities in the Area
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