Bellingwedde
Sign in to saveBellingwedde () was a municipality in the province Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Bellingwedde was established in 1968, when the municipalities of Bellingwolde and Wedde merged. After almost 50 years, Bellingwedde was disestablished in 2018, when the municipalities of Bellingwedde and Vlagtwedde merged into Westerwolde.
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- 250px
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- Bellingwedde
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- Municipality
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- 100x67px
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- 100x80px
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- Logo
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- Map - NL - Municipality code 0007 (2009).svg
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- Location of Bellingwedde (green) in Groningen (dark grey) and the Netherlands (grey)
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- Highlighted position of Bellingwedde in a municipal map of Groningen
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- Country
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- Netherlands
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- Province
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- Groningen
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- Established
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- 1 September 1968
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Bellingwedde () was a municipality in the province Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Bellingwedde was established in 1968, when the municipalities of Bellingwolde and Wedde merged. After almost 50 years, Bellingwedde was disestablished in 2018, when the municipalities of Bellingwedde and Vlagtwedde merged into Westerwolde.
== Etymology == The name Bellingwedde is a portmanteau of Bellingwolde and Wedde, which are the names of the two municipalities that were merged in 1968 to form Bellingwedde. At the time, three names were considered for the new municipality: Bellingewedde, proposed by the province of Groningen, Bellingwolde-Wedde, proposed by the municipal council of Bellingwolde, and Bellingwedde, proposed by the municipal council of Wedde. The province selected the last option, which was eventually also accepted by the municipal council of Bellingwolde.