Ruinen

Ruinen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 10 km northwest of Hoogeveen.

Ruinen
Former village and municipality
Church in Ruinen
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°45′48″N 6°21′23″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceDrenthe
MunicipalityDe Wolden
Population
 (2008[1])
2,710

Ruinen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became part of De Wolden.[2] The windmill De Zaandplatte has been restored and is open to the public.

Notable Residents

gollark: With the new system, though, will people not end up stalking DR for ages to get their dragon in when it has free space?
gollark: We must return that cool sounding dragon to DR!
gollark: OR ARE YOU?
gollark: If you breed it with anything, the non-EH partner vanishes.
gollark: ```This egg feels like all future spacetime trajectories lead into it.```

References

  1. Statline
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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