Midden-Drenthe

Midden-Drenthe is best known within Drenthe for the former Westerbork transit camp at Hooghalen, now commemorated by the Camp Westerbork Memorial. Set on the sandy uplands of the central province, this municipality brings together small settlements, farmland and heathland characteristic of inland Drenthe. The camp began in 1939 as a refuge for Jewish people fleeing persecution; under Nazi occupation it became a deportation transit camp, a history documented at the memorial site. Near Hooghalen, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope marks another side of the area’s twentieth-century story, linking the quiet rural setting to Dutch radio astronomy. See how Midden-Drenthe fits within Drenthe by browsing webcams nearby.

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