Winschoten

Winschoten (; ) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Winschoten
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Winschoten Burgemeester Schönfeldplein.jpg
Settlement.image_size: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: City center of Winschoten in 2010
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Winschoten.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100px
Settlement.image_shield: Winschoten wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 75px
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Gemeente Winschoten logo (without St. Vitus).jpg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: (former) brandmark
Settlement.nicknames: Sodom, Molenstad

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Etymology
Geography
Windmills
Churches
Monuments
Language
Sports
Transportation
Notable people
References
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Winschoten received its city rights in 1825. It was a separate municipality until it was merged into Oldambt in 2010. The seat of government of Oldambt is in Winschoten.