Dwingeloo
Dwingeloo | |
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Village | |
Sint Nicolaaskerk | |
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Dwingeloo in the municipality of Westerveld. | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′4″N 6°22′14″E / 52.83444°N 6.37056°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Drenthe |
| Municipality | Westerveld |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.16 km2 (7.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,580 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7991 |
| Dialing code | 0521 |
Dwingeloo (Dutch: [ˈdʋɪŋəloː]) is a village halfway between Meppel and Assen in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld.
The village is known internationally because of the radio telescope of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory (which at the time of its completion in 1956 was the largest radio telescope in the world), located on the edge of the Dwingeloo Heath, 3 km south of the village. The telescope discovered Dwingeloo 1 and Dwingeloo 2, two galaxies about 10 million light-years away from the Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.