Een-West is a

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in the

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. It is part of the

Noordenveld Noordenveld () is a municipality in the northeastern part of the Netherlands. Population centres Water Board Noordenveld Noordenveld is also the name of a former Water Board, which had its office in Roden. Water Board Noordenveld arose fro ...

municipality in Drenthe. Een-West is a statistical entity, and has its own postal code. however it is considered part of Een and outside the build-up area. The area used to be close to uninhabited, but had a strategic value. In 1593, the stadtholder William Louis of Nassau built a

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at on road between

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

and Drenthe through the moorland. Later the sconce deteriorated and the area became part of Drenthe. The sconce was restored in 1980. In 1928, a little church was built in Een-west. Zwartendijksterschans gracht

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Populated places in Drenthe Noordenveld {{Drenthe-geo-stub