Baflo (;
Gronings
Gronings (; gos, Grunnegs or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Friso-Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related varieties in East ...
: ''Bavvelt'') is a village in the municipality of
Het Hogeland,
Netherlands
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Famous people born in Baflo include humanist
Rodolphus Agricola
Rodolphus Agricola ( la, Rudolphus Agricola Phrisius; August 28, 1443, or February 17, 1444 – October 27, 1485) was a pre- Erasmian humanist of the Northern Low Countries, famous for his knowledge of Latin and Greek. He was an educator, music ...
(1443/1444–1485) and jurist
Gezina van der Molen Gezina Hermina Johanna van der Molen ( Baflo, 20 January 1892 - Aerdenhout, 9 October 1978) was a Dutch legal scholar and resistance fighter during the Second World War. From 1924 to 1929, she studied law at the Free University of Amsterdam — th ...
(1892–1972).
Until 1990, Baflo was a separate municipality. Baflo has a railway station -
Baflo railway station.
Church of St. Laurentius
Baflo church was originally dedicated to
St. Laurentius. It is the large one-aisled church with free standing tower. The church was first mentioned in 1211.
The tower of church is separated from the main building.
Gallery
File:Baflo, stationsgebouw foto1 2013-08-04 13.27.jpg, Baflo railway station
File:Havenweg 1, "'t Wapen van Hunsinga", voor-en zijgevel - Baflo - 20027501 - RCE.jpg, Pub in Baflo
File:Rudolf Agricolastraat Baflo.jpg, Street in Baflo
File:Kanaal Baflo-Mensingeweer - veevoederfabriek Nienoord.jpg, Fodder factory Nienoord
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Artificial dwelling hills
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Het Hogeland
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