Dwingeloo

Leggeloo is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 17 km north of Hoogeveen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1217 as in Legghelo. The etymology is unclear. Leggeloo was home to 172 people in 1840.

Westeinde is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is part of the town Dwingeloo and of the municipality of Westerveld. The name Westeinde means 'western end' and alludes to the fact that it lies west of Dwingeloo. Westeinde lies about 14 km northwest of Hoogeveen. The statistical area "Westeinde", which also includes the surrounding countryside, consists of around 50 villas and large estates and has a population of around 130.Westeinde is characterized by the presence of one of the four Havezates (a large manor reserved for the nobility) that were built in or near Dwingeloo, namely Oldengaerde. The estate dates back to the first half of the 15th century. In 1808, the estate was purchased by Jonkheer Aalt Willem van Holthe, who was the mayor of Dwingeloo from 1812 to 1852. Oldengaerde has remained in his family ever since, and his descendants have decorated the Westeinde with villas such as De Bork (1910), Olden Hut (1916), Nije Batinghe (1923, named after another Havezathe 'Batinghe') and Nyengaerde (1926, named after Oldengaerde).

Lhee is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Hoogeveen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1181 as "In Lede". The etymology is unclear.Around 1800, a little school was built in Lhee. In 1953, it was moved brick by brick to the Netherlands Open Air Museum despite protests from the former teacher. Lhee was home to 229 people in 1840.

Eemster is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 16 km north of Hoogeveen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1210 as Hemsere. The etymology is unclear. Eemster was home to 179 people in 1840.

Dieverbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 17 km northwest of Hoogeveen. The village was first mentioned in 1841 as "Dieverbrug of Dieverschebrug", and refers to the bridge which was built around 1770 over the Drentsche Hoofdvaart on the road from Diever to Dwingeloo.Dieverbrug was home to 45 people in 1840. The lime kiln was built in 1925. It remained in function until 1952, but has remained as the local landmark.

ASTRON is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. Its main office is in Dwingeloo in the Dwingelderveld National Park in the province of Drenthe. ASTRON is part of the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

The Dwingeloo Radio Observatory is a single-dish radio telescope near the village of Dwingeloo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʋɪŋəloː]) in the northeastern Netherlands. Construction started in 1954, and the telescope was completed in 1956. The radio telescope has a diameter of 25 m. At the time of completion it was the largest radio telescope in the world, but it was overtaken in 1957 by the 250 foot (76 m) Lovell Telescope. As of 2000, it was no longer in operation in an official capacity. Since August 2009, the radio telescope has been a national heritage site (rijksmonument). The telescope dish was removed for restoration in June 2012. The "C.A. Muller Radio Astronomy Station" foundation ("CAMRAS" for short) restored the telescope to working order. The dish was remounted in November 2012.Radio amateurs along with amateur and professional astronomers, use the telescope for projects, one being Earth–Moon–Earth communication, also known as moonbounce, which allows for people on different parts of Earth to communicate via the Moon. In this technique, radio wave signals are aimed at the Moon by one location, bounce off the Moon's surface, and are detected by an antenna at a different location on Earth. "Visual Moonbounce" is a technology to moonbounce images at amateur-radio frequencies. It is based on artistic research with the Dwingeloo Radiotelescoop by artist Daniela De Paulis as part of her project "OPTICKS" The radio telescope is owned by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. The site of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory also houses most of the staff of ASTRON and a test site for the Low Frequency Array radio telescope, LOFAR. Two galaxies are named after this telescope: Dwingeloo 1 and Dwingeloo 2.

Geeuwenbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 18 km north of Hoogeveen. The village was first mentioned in 1617 or 1618 as "die Crumme voerdt offt guijwe", and means bridge over a waterway, and refers to the former river Lake which was used to transport peat. The river was later canalised and became part of the Drentsche Hoofdvaart. The village started to develop along the canal after 1850.

Dwingelderveld National Park is a national park of the Netherlands in the province of Drenthe, founded in 1991. The park covers about 37 km2 (14 sq mi) and is mainly managed by the State Forest Service (Staatsbosbeheer) and the most important Dutch private nature management organisation Natuurmonumenten. It is the largest wet heathland of Western-Europe. Dwingelderveld is also designated as a Natura 2000-area.

The Blauwe Meer (Dutch for "blue lake") is an artificial lake, more precisely an excavation lake, southeast of Hoogersmilde in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands.In 1905, Roelfsema, a Groningen-based entrepreneur opened a sand-lime brick factory at Hoogersmilde, producing a cheaper alternative to traditional fired brick. The Blauwe Meer was formed by quarrying the sand needed for the brick. It takes its name from glauconite that, along with its depth, gives its water a blue-green tint. Today it used for bathing, with controlled water quality.