Midden-Drenthe

Template:Infobox settlement Midden-Drenthe (Template:IPA) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Middenveld.

Population centres

Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescoop

The village of Westerbork gives its name to the Westerbork deportation and (later) concentration camp, located about 7 km north of the village, in the forests of Hooghalen.

The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) array was installed near the site of the camp in 1969.

There are 16 primary schools in the municipality as of 2023.<ref name=Schoollist>Template:Cite web</ref>

There are two secondary schools, both in Beilen:<ref name=Schoollist/>

Carry van Bruggen (1881 in Smilde - 1932) a Dutch writer
Jacob Israël de Haan (1881 in Smilde – 1924 in Jerusalem) a Dutch-Jewish literary writer, jurist and journalist, killed by Haganah
Jan Hartman (1887 in Beilen – 1969) a Dutch fascist and collaborator during WWII
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890 in Smilde – 2005 in Hoogeveen) the oldest person ever from the Netherlands
Hans Heyting (1918 near Beilen – 1992) a Dutch poet, playwright, radio personality, children's book writer and painter
Henk Koning (1933 in Beilen – 2016) a Dutch politician
Martin van Hees (born 1964 in Beilen) a Dutch philosopher and academic
Eef van Breen (born 1978 in Westerbork) a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer