Editing Winschoten (section)

==Geography==
Winschoten was the capital of the [[Oldambt (region)|Oldambt]] district, in a fertile agricultural region. Winschoten received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1825. It was the last town in the Netherlands to be granted such rights and it was more of a symbolic gesture. The town flag has three horizontal stripes of blue and white, in ratio 1:3:1, on the white stripe is a red outline plan of a fortress with nine embattlements. It was adopted 23 May 1973 by municipal resolution. The coat of arms is an image of [[Saint Vitus]], whose name can also be recognized in many streetnames, schoolnames names of clubs, etc.

Winschoten is located at {{coord|53|9|N|7|2|E}} (53.15, 7.03) in the municipality of [[Oldambt (municipality)|Oldambt]], in the east of the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]], and in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated east of [[Groningen]], [[Hoogezand]], and [[Veendam]], north of [[Stadskanaal]], south of [[Delfzijl]], and west of [[Leer, Lower Saxony|Leer]] and [[Papenburg]] (both in Germany). It is also south of the [[Dollart]] and the [[Oldambtmeer]].

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File:Netherlands, Winschoten, map, around 1865-1870.jpg|The municipality around 1870
File:Winschoten-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|Topographic map of Winschoten, June 2014
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