Midden-Drenthe () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the northeastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of

Beilen Beilen is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km south of Assen. The old Reformed church is the only remaining truly old building; a large fire destroyed a major pa ...

Smilde Smilde is a town in the Netherlands' northern province of Drenthe and lies about southwest of the province capital of Assen. Smilde was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Middenveld. However, that name changed in 2000 a ...

, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Middenveld.

Population centres

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 The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) is an aperture synthesis interferometer built on the site of the former World War II Nazi detention and transit camp Westerbork, north of the village of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, in the northea ...

(WSRT) array was installed near the site of the camp in 1969.

Notable people

Carry van Bruggen Carry van Bruggen (1 January 1881 – 16 November 1932) was a Dutch writer. She also wrote under the name Justine Abbing. Biography One of 16 children of Izak de Haan and Betje Rubens, she was born Caroline Lea de Haan in Smilde and grew up i ...

(1881 in Smilde - 1932) a Dutch writer *

Jacob Israël de Haan Jacob Israël de Haan (31 December 1881 – 30 June 1924) was a Dutch Jewish literary writer, lawyer and journalist who immigrated to Palestine in 1919 and was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1924 by the Zionist paramilitary organization Haganah for ...

(1881 in Smilde – 1924 in Jerusalem) a Dutch-Jewish literary writer, jurist and journalist, killed by Haganah * Jan Hartman (1887 in Beilen – 1969) a Dutch fascist and collaborator during WWII *

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (; 29 June 1890 – 30 August 2005) was a Dutch supercentenarian, who lived to the age of 115 years, 62 days. She is the oldest person ever from the Netherlands, breaking the previous record of Catharina van Dam ...

(1890 in Smilde – 2005 in Hoogeveen) the oldest person ever from the Netherlands * Hans Heyting (1918 near Beilen – 1992) a Dutch poet, playwright, radio personality, children's book writer and painter * Henk Koning (1933 in Beilen – 2016) a Dutch politician * Martin van Hees (born 1964 in Beilen) a Dutch philosopher and academic * Eef van Breen (born 1978 in Westerbork) a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer

Sport

* Jan Lomulder (born 1967 in Beilen) a Dutch former kickboxer *

Adelinde Cornelissen Adelinde Cornelissen (born July 8, 1979, in Beilen, Drenthe) is a Dutch dressage rider.Jasper Iwema (born 1989 in Hooghalen) a Dutch motorcycle rider * Laura Dijkema (born 1990 in Beilen) a Dutch volleyball player

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of Drenthe Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2000 {{Drenthe-geo-stub