Geeuwenbrug
Sign in to saveGeeuwenbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 18 km north of Hoogeveen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Geeuwenbrug
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 270
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Geeuwenbrug
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.motto
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- The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Geeuwenbrug in the municipality of Westerveld.
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- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
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- left
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- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Westerveld
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 10
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.06
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Westerveld
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 7985
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Encyclopedic overview
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Geeuwenbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 18 km north of Hoogeveen.
The village was first mentioned in 1617 or 1618 as "die Crumme voerdt offt guijwe", and means bridge over a waterway, and refers to the former river Lake which was used to transport peat. The river was later canalised and became part of the . The village started to develop along the canal after 1850.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geeuwenbrug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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