| Slijkenburg | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 52.8069°N 5.8433°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Weststellingwerf |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.05 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | -0.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 235 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8482 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0561 |
Slijkenburg (Western Frisian: Slikenboarch) is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 36 in 2017.[3]
It is the southernmost village of Friesland, located at the Overijssel provincial border.[4]
The village was first mentioned in 1398 as Slickenborg; its name refers to a borg on silted soil.[5]
In 1580, a sluice was built in Slijkenburg.[5] In 1672, a sconce was built around the village to protect against the Prince-Bishop of Münster. Slijkenburg was home to 68 people in 1840.[4]