Denemarken

Hamlet in Groningen, Netherlands
53°13′45″N 6°47′2″E / 53.22917°N 6.78389°E / 53.22917; 6.78389CountryNetherlandsProvinceGroningenMunicipalityMidden-Groningen

Denemarken is a hamlet in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen. It consists of some ten dwellings, mostly farms. The name does not reference the Scandinavian country but means wild lands in the local dialect. It is notable for laying on top of the Groningen gas field, the largest natural gas field in Europe. In 2015 the nature reserve 't Roegwold (wild swamp forest) was opened, overlapping partly with Denemarken.[1] The award-winning semi-autobiographical novel Kinderen van het Ruige Land (Children of the Savage Land, 2012) by Auke Hulst is situated in the hamlet.[2]

References

  1. ^ "'t Roegwold".
  2. ^ "'Mijn sociale ontwikkeling heeft door mijn jeugd een optater gehad'". 2 October 2012.

External links

  • Media related to Denemarken (Slochteren) at Wikimedia Commons
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Populated places in the municipality of Midden-Groningen
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