Place details
Place nameDrenthe
Other namesDrente
CountryNederland
Latitude52.75
Longitude6.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located in NE Nederland, drained by numerous shallow streams & canals; contains many megalithic funerary monuments or hunebedden ("huns' graves"); invaded by Saxons 5th cen.; ruled by Frankish & German kings, bishop of Utrecht (1046-1522), then Hapsburgs.