Winschoten
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Winschoten (Gronings / Grönnegs: Winschoot or Sodom) is a municipality and city in the northeast of the Netherlands.
Winschoten comparatively had the second largest Jewish community of The Netherlands. During the Second World War, Winschoten was a transit port to Germany for the Jew-transports. Of the 493 Jews that lived in Winschoten at the beginning of the war, only 20 survived.
The town of Winschoten is the municipality's only community .
Winschoten received city rights in 1825. It was the last town in the Netherlands to be granted such rights.
Winschoten has a railway station on the line from Groningen to Leer (in Germany).
External link
- redirect [[Template:Groningen Province]]
[[nds-nl:Winschoot]]
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