Oosterbroek () is a former municipality in the province of
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
in the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
.
The municipality of Oosterbroek was created in 1965, when the municipalities of
Noordbroek and
Zuidbroek were merged. In 1990, the municipalities of
Meeden
Meeden is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen in the province of Groningen, Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1391 as de Medum, which means "lower hay lands". Meeden is a road village that developed on the sand ...
and
Muntendam
Muntendam is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen. The village has a population of 4,635 (2021). Muntendam had been an independent parish since the Middle Ages, but until 1840 it was ecclesiasticall ...
were merged with Oosterbroek, which was renamed to
Menterwolde
Menterwolde () is a former municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. On January 1, 2018, Menterwolde merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Slochteren, forming the municipality Midden-Groningen.
History
On 1 January 1990, the ...
a year later.
References
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Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
Midden-Groningen
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