Bellingwolde
Sign in to saveBellingwolde (; Gronings: Bennewolle) is a village with a population of 2,655 people in the municipality Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the southeast of the region Oldambt, in the north of the region Westerwolde, and in the east of the province Groningen, at the border with Germany.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bellingwolde
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,290
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bellingwolde
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bellingwolde Hoofdweg 136.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Outside of a brick farmhouse
- Settlement.image_caption
- An Oldambt farmhouse in Bellingwolde
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Groningen
- Population
- +2006
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Beerta
- Image
- Bellingwolde - Magnuskerk - zijaanzicht links.jpg
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- P8168
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
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- Culture
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- Education
- Notable people
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Bellingwolde (; Gronings: Bennewolle) is a village with a population of 2,655 people in the municipality Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the southeast of the region Oldambt, in the north of the region Westerwolde, and in the east of the province Groningen, at the border with Germany.
The settlement dates back to the 11th century. It flooded multiple times until the 16th century. In the 18th and 19th century agriculture prospered and large farmhouses were built. It was a separate municipality until it merged with Wedde into Bellingwedde in 1968.