Balkbrug
Sign in to saveBalkbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 5 km west of Dedemsvaart.
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Place details
- Locality
- Balkbrug
- Region
- Overijssel
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Balkbrug
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- House in Balkbrug
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- Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
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- Location in province of Overijssel in the Netherlands
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- Country
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- Netherlands
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Overijssel
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Hardenberg
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Paul S. L. Johnson
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Balkbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 5 km west of Dedemsvaart.
== History == Balkbrug is located where the road from Ommen splits into a road to Meppel and Leeuwarden, and a road to Hoogeveen and the city of Groningen. In 1599, a redoubt was constructed in Ommerschans, south of Balkbrug. The village appeared in 1811 along the as part of a peat colony. It is named after a simple type of bridge. In 1819, a beggar's colony was founded to the south of the village. In 1840, it was home to 1,308 people. The church was built in 1896.