Baflo (; ) is a village in the municipality of

Het Hogeland Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. History The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedu ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. Famous people born in Baflo include humanist

Rodolphus Agricola Rodolphus Agricola (; August 28, 1443, or February 17, 1444 – October 27, 1485) was a Dutch humanist of the Northern Low Countries, famous for his knowledge of Latin and Greek. He was an educator, musician, builder of church organs, a poet i ...

(1443/1444–1485) and jurist Gezina van der Molen (1892–1972). Until 1990, Baflo was a separate municipality. Baflo has a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

Church of St. Laurentius

Baflo church was originally dedicated to St. Laurentius. It is the large one-aisled church with free standing tower. The church was first mentioned in 1211. The tower of church is separated from the main building.

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File:Baflo, stationsgebouw foto1 2013-08-04 13.27.jpg,

Baflo railway station Baflo (; abbreviation: Bf) is a railway station located in Baflo, Netherlands. The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.

File:Havenweg 1, "'t Wapen van Hunsinga", voor-en zijgevel - Baflo - 20027501 - RCE.jpg, Pub in Baflo File:Rudolf Agricolastraat Baflo.jpg, Street in Baflo File:Kanaal Baflo-Mensingeweer - veevoederfabriek Nienoord.jpg, Fodder factory Nienoord

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* Artificial dwelling hills Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Populated places in Groningen (province) Het Hogeland {{Groningen-geo-stub