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Nijensleek
Sign in to saveNijensleek is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 5 km north of Steenwijk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Nijensleek
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 140
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nijensleek
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Overzicht van de achterzijde van de boerderij - Nijensleek - 20402068 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Farm in Nijensleek
- Settlement.motto
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- Settlement.image_map1
- Map NL - Westerveld - Nijensleek.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Nijensleek in the municipality of Westerveld.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Westerveld
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Nijensleek
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Nijensleek is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 5 km north of Steenwijk.
The village was first mentioned in 1402 as Nyensleker bure, and means "new natural stream". Nijensleek is a road village which developed in the Late Middle Ages as a peat excavation settlement.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nijensleek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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