Beetsterzwaag
Beetsterzwaag
Beetstersweach | |
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Village | |
![]() Beetsterzwaag church | |
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![]() Location in Opsterland municipality | |
![]() ![]() Beetsterzwaag Location in the Netherlands | |
Coordinates: Coordinates: 53°03′40″N 6°4′39″E / 53.06111°N 6.07750°E | |
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Population (2017) | |
• Total | 3,485 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 9244 |
Telephone area | 0512 |
Beetsterzwaag (West Frisian: Beetstersweach) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,485 in January 2017.[1]
Notable people[]
Its most famous inhabitant was the Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, who died at his home in the village on 19 July 2019. [2] The Dutch poet J. Slauerhoff lived there, who in May–July 1929 ran the practice of the local doctor, a temporary profession eternalized in a poem by J.C. Bloem printed in the national paper Het Vaderland .[3] Beetsterzwaag is also the birthplace of Hilbert van der Duim, a speed skater active in the 1980s; Van der Duim was twice all-around World Champion, twice all-around European champion, and seven times Dutch champion.[4]
References[]
- ^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
- ^ "Rutger Hauer dead at age 75 after short illness". NL Times. July 24, 2019.
- ^ Bakker, Bert; Gerrit Borgers; Jan Hulsker; Cornelis Jan (Cees) Kelk; Cornelis Pieter (Kees) Lekkerkerker; Jurriaan Schrofer; Ellen Warmond; F.C. Terborgh (2008) [1980]. Schrijversprentenboek (in Dutch). Bezige Bij. p. 25.
- ^ "Duim, Hilbert van der". Encyclopedie Drenthe Online. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
External links[]
Media related to Beetsterzwaag at Wikimedia Commons
- Beetsterzwaag
Categories:
- Populated places in Friesland
- Geography of Opsterland
- Friesland geography stubs