Midden-Drenthe () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and

Westerbork Camp Westerbork ( nl, Kamp Westerbork, german: Durchgangslager Westerbork, Drents: ''Börker Kamp; Kamp Westerbörk'' ), also known as Westerbork transit camp, was a Nazi transit camp in the province of Drenthe in the Northeastern Netherlands, ...

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

Notable people

* Carry van Bruggen (1881 in Smilde - 1932) a Dutch writer * Jacob Israël de Haan (1881 in Smilde – 1924 in Jerusalem) a Dutch-Jewish literary writer, jurist and journalist, killed by

Haganah Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...

* Jan Hartman (1887 in Beilen – 1969) a Dutch fascist and collaborator during WWII * Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890 in Smilde – 2005 in Hoogeveen) the oldest person ever from the Netherlands *

Hans Heyting Hans Heyting (13 August 1918 – 9 June 1992), born Johannes Heijting was a Dutch poet, playwright, radio personality, children's book writer and painter. Writing in Drèents (except for his Dutch-language children's books and some po ...

(1918 near Beilen – 1992) a Dutch poet, playwright, radio personality, children's book writer and painter *

Henk Koning Hendrik Elle "Henk" Koning (7 June 1933 – 31 December 2016) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. Koning attended the Praedinius Gymnasium in Groningen from April 1946 until May 1952 an ...

(1933 in Beilen – 2016) a Dutch politician *

Martin van Hees Martin Vinzenz Baldur Paul Maria (Martin) van Hees (born 26 July 1964 in Beilen) is a Dutch philosopher. Van Hees was professor of ethics at the University of Groningen and since April 2013 professor of political theory at the University of Ams ...

(born 1964 in Beilen) a Dutch philosopher and academic *

Eef van Breen Eef van Breen (born 3 January 1978) is a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer. Eef van Breen was born in Westerbork in the Dutch province of Drenthe.In 2010, van Breen wrote the music for ''ʼuʼ'', the first opera in the Klingon lan ...

(born 1978 in Westerbork) a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer

Sport

Jan Lomulder Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(born 1967 in Beilen) a Dutch former kickboxer * Adelinde Cornelissen (born 1979 in Beilen) a Dutch dressage rider *

Jasper Iwema Jasper Iwema (born 15 November 1989 in Hooghalen, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established ...

(born 1989 in Hooghalen) a Dutch motorcycle rider *

Laura Dijkema Laura Chantal Dijkema (born 18 February 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as a setter. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team, Women's National Team. Career Dijkema began playing volleyball in 1997 at the ...

(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