Renamed 1 January 2000 Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 345.8 km² | Established 1 January 1998 Elevation 14 m (46 ft) Postcode 7938, 9410–9442 Local time Tuesday 3:02 PM | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind W at 29 km/h, 53% Humidity Points of interest Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork, Zoo Bizar, Monumentendorp Orvelte, Stichting Apple Museum, Museum Museum Voor Papi | ||
Midden-Drenthe ( pronunciation ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Middenveld.
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Map of Midden-Drenthe, Netherlands
Population centres
Balinge, Beilen, Bovensmilde, Brunsting, Bruntinge, Drijber, Elp, Eursinge, Garminge, Hijken, Hijkersmilde, Holthe, Hoogersmilde, Hooghalen, Laaghalen, Laaghalerveen, Lieving, Makkum, Mantinge, Nieuw-Balinge, Oranje, Orvelte, Smalbroek, Smilde, Spier, Terhorst, Westerbork, Wijster, Witteveen, Zuidveld and Zwiggelte.
The village of Westerbork gives its name to the Westerbork deportation and (later) concentration camp, located about 7 km north of the village, in the forests of Hooghalen.
The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) array was installed near the site of the camp in 1969.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, June 2015