Bourtange

Bourtange (; Gronings: Boertang) is a village with a population of 430 in the municipality of Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the region Westerwolde in the east of the province of Groningen near the German border. Fort Bourtange was built in 1593 during the Dutch Revolt and was used until 1851. Between 1967 and 1992 the star fort was gradually restored to its mid-18th-century state and it is currently an open-air museum.

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Settlement.name: Bourtange
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Bourtange vesting 9.JPG
Settlement.image_alt: Brick houses and trees around an empty market square
Settlement.image_caption: Market square in the center of Fort Bourtange
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Maps of the Netherlands and Groningen with the location of Bourtange
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the province of Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Westerwolde
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_footnotes:  (2012)
Settlement.area_total_ha: 159

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Official name: Bourtange
Area: 0.25
Official website: www.bourtange.nl
Image: Festung Bourtange - panoramio (8).jpg
Dialing code: 0599

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postal code: 9545
Commons category: Bourtange

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== Etymology == The name Bourtange comes from the Dutch word tange (sand ridge), because the settlement is situated on a strategically important sand ridge in the marshes of the Bourtange Moor.