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}}Template:Main other Bellingwedde ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) 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.
EtymologyEdit
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.<ref>Henk Beernink, Zitting 1967-1968-9409 (in Dutch), National Library of the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 January 2014.</ref>
HistoryEdit
On 1 September 1968, the municipality of Bellingwedde was formed by merging the municipalities of Bellingwolde and Wedde.<ref>Ad van der Meer & Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812-2006 Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Data Archiving and Networked Services, 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2013.</ref>
Henk Eijsink of the Labour Party, who was the last mayor of Bellingwolde and acting mayor of Wedde, became the first mayor of Bellingwedde in 1968–1970.<ref>"Drs. H.J. Eijsink nieuwe burgemeester Meppel" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1970. Retrieved 21 August 2015.</ref> He was followed by Jurjen Jan Hoeksema (Labour; 1970–1978),<ref>"Jurjen Jan Hoeksema" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.</ref> Engbert Drenth (Labour; 1979–2007),<ref>Marcel Looden, "Rood en maar drie burgemeesters" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2015.</ref> Erik Triemstra (Christian Democratic Appeal; 2007–2013) and Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy; 2013–2018).
The municipality merged with Vlagtwedde into the new municipality of Westerwolde on 1 January 2018.<ref>Marcel Looden, "Westerwolde: 40 mensen tekort" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.</ref>
GeographyEdit
Bellingwedde is located at Template:Coord in the east of the province of Groningen, in the northeast of the Netherlands on the border with Germany. It is in the south of the region of Oldambt and in the north of the region of Westerwolde.
Bellingwedde is bordered by the Dutch municipalities of Oldambt (in the north), Pekela (west), Stadskanaal (south-west), and Vlagtwedde (south), and by the German municipalities of Rhede (south-east) and Bunde (north-east). The nearest city is Winschoten.
The municipality contains the villages Bellingwolde, Blijham, Oudeschans, Veelerveen, Vriescheloo, and Wedde. It also contains the hamlets Den Ham, Klein-Ulsda, Rhederbrug, and Wedderveer.<ref>Template:In lang Over Bellingwedde Template:Webarchive, Municipality of Bellingwedde. Retrieved on 27 April 2014.</ref>
The north border of Bellingwedde follows the river Pekel Aa. The river Westerwoldse Aa crosses the east of Bellingwedde from south to north. The canal B.L. Tijdenskanaal, that unites the Mussel-Aa-kanaal and the Ruiten-Aa-kanaal in the south, crosses the west of Bellingwedde from south to north.
GovernanceEdit
The municipal building is located at the Hoofdweg in Wedde.<ref>Contact Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Gemeente Bellingwedde. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref>
A municipal government in the Netherlands consists of the executive college of the mayor and aldermen and the elected municipal council.
Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, appointed in 2013, was the last mayor of Bellingwedde.
The municipal council had 13 members. In the 2014 election, the last prior to merger, turnout was 57.57% with 4,191 valid votes. The results are shown in the table below:<ref name="2014elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A coalition was formed between the Labour Party (PvdA), the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). All three parties had one alderman in the college of mayor and aldermen. Although the Socialist Party got the most votes, it is not part of the coalition.<ref>Collegeleden Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Municipality of Bellingwedde. Retrieved 20 June 2016.</ref>
Template:Election table<ref name="2014elections"/> |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" !colspan="2" align="left"|Party !Votes !% !Seats |- |style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| |align="left"| Socialist Party | 1,116 | 26.63 |align="center"| 3 |- |style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| |align="left"| Labour Party | 853 | 20.35 |align="center"| 3 |- |style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| |align="left"|Christian Democratic Appeal | 572 | 13.65 |align="center"| 2 |- |style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| |align="left"|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 531 | 12.67 |align="center"| 2 |- |style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| |align="left"| GreenLeft | 493 | 11.76 |align="center"| 1 |- | |align="left"| Plaatselijk Belang Bellingwedde | 355 | 8.47 |align="center"| 1 |- | |align="left"| Westerwolde Lokaal | 271 | 6.47 |align="center"| 1 |- |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" !colspan="2" align="left"|Total !4,191 !100 !align="center"|13 |}
Bellingwedde was twinned with Rhede in Germany in 1979 and Nowogród Bobrzański in Poland in 2004.<ref name="Bellingwedde twinning">Partnerschappen Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Gemeente Bellingwedde. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref><ref>Nachbarn und Freunde (in German), SonntagsReport, 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref><ref>Gminy partnerskie (in Polish), Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref>
DemographicsEdit
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Since 1968, when the municipality was established, Bellingwedde had a population between 8,561 and 9,748.<ref name="populationyears"/><ref name="population2015"/> In 2015, it had a population of 9,154 and a population density of Template:Convert.<ref name="population2015"/>
AttractionsEdit
Two villages have a state protected village area (Template:Langx), Oudeschans since 1991 and Bellingwolde since 2009.<ref>Overzicht van aangewezen en in procedure zijnde stads- en dorpsgezichten Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.</ref>
There are two museums in Bellingwedde.<ref>Musea en monumenten Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Gemeenste Bellingwedde. Retrieved 11 January 2014.</ref> Museum de Oude Wolden in Bellingwolde is a regional museum about the art and history of Oldambt and Westerwolde. It has temporary exhibitions and a permanent exhibition with paintings of Lodewijk Bruckman from the municipal collection of Bellingwedde.<ref>Programma Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Museum de Oude Wolden. Retrieved 11 January 2014.</ref> Vestingmuseum Oudeschans in Oudeschans is a history museum about the fortification of Oudeschans. It has a collection of archaeological findings from the 17th and 18th century on display.<ref>Vestingmuseum Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Vesting Oudeschans. Retrieved 11 January 2014.</ref>
There are five windmills in the municipality: De Korenbloem in Vriescheloo,<ref>Monumentnummer: 8924 - De Korenbloem (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 9 May 2014.</ref> Niemans Molen in Veelerveen,<ref>Monumentnummer: 8921 (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 9 May 2014.</ref> Spinnenkop Wedderveer in Wedderveer,<ref>Monumentnummer: 388083 - Spinnekop Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 9 May 2014.</ref> Veldkamps Meuln in Bellingwolde,<ref>Monumentnummer: 8906 Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 9 May 2014.</ref> and Weddermarke in Wedde.<ref>Monumentnummer: 8930 Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 9 May 2014.</ref>
The Wedderborg is a borg, a type of castle from the province of Groningen, in Wedde. The building has 14th, 15th, and 16th-century elements and is currently used as a hotel and restaurant.<ref>Monumentnummer: 8925 Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.</ref><ref>Burch Wedde Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Stichting De Burcht Wedde. Retrieved 7 February 2014.</ref>
InfrastructureEdit
RoadsEdit
There are no highways in Bellingwedde. The nearest highway is the A7 (E22) directly north of the municipality and which is connected to Groningen in the west and Leer (Germany) in the east; its nearest access point is exit 48 (Oudeschans).
There are four provincial roads in the municipality. In the northwest, the N367 connects the municipality to Winschoten and Oude and Nieuwe Pekela. The N368 runs from northwest to southwest, connects Blijham via Wedde to Vlagtwedde, and also connects to the other three major roads. The N969 runs from west to southeast and connects Blijham via Bellingwolde and Rhederbrug to Rhede in Germany. And the N973 runs from southwest to the center and connects Wedde via Vriescheloo to Bellingwolde.
Public transportEdit
There are also no railways in Bellingwedde. The nearest railway stations are Winschoten and Bad Nieuweschans on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway just north of Bellingwedde. The railway is connected to the Groningen railway station and the rest of the Dutch railway network in the west and to the Leer railway station and the German railway network in the east.
The bus lines passing through Bellingwedde are exploited by Qbuzz (places in Bellingwedde are in italics):<ref>Dienstregeling Openbaar Vervoer 2013 Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Municipality of Bellingwedde, 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2014.</ref><ref>Dienstregeling 2014 Bus Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), OV Nieuws uit Groningen. Retrieved 15 November 2014.</ref><ref>Memo Vastgestelde dienstregeling 2015 (in Dutch), OV-bureau Groningen Drenthe, 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.</ref>
- Line 11: Winschoten – Blijham – Wedderveer – Wedde – Veele – Vlagtwedde – Bourtange<ref>Lijn 11 Winschoten Station - Bourtange De Vesting (in Dutch), OV in Nederland.nl, 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.</ref>
- Line 12: Winschoten – Blijham – Bellingwolde – Blijham – Winschoten<ref>Lijn 12 Ringlijn Winschoten Station - Bellingwolde Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), OV in Nederland.nl, 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.</ref>
- Line 14: Stadskanaal – Alteveer – Tange – Onstwedde – Barlage – Smeerling – Vlagtwedde – Veele – Wedde – Wedderveer – Blijham – Winschoten<ref>Lijn 14 Stadskanaal Busstation - Winschoten Station (in Dutch), OV in Nederland.nl, 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.</ref>
- Line 811: Bad Nieuweschans – Klein-Ulsda – Oudeschans – Bellingwolde – Vriescheloo – Veelerveen – Vlagtwedde<ref>Lijn 811 Bad Nieuweschans Busstation - Vlagtwedde Marke (in Dutch), OV in Nederland.nl, 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.</ref>
EducationEdit
There are four preschools, seven primary schools, and one secondary school in Bellingwedde.<ref>Kinderopvang Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Municipality of Bellingwedde. Retrieved 20 Jun 2016.</ref><ref>Basisonderwijs Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Municipality of Bellingwedde. Retrieved 20 Jun 2016.</ref><ref>Voortgezet onderwijs Template:Webarchive (in Dutch), Municipality of Bellingwedde. Retrieved 20 Jun 2016.</ref> There are no institutes of tertiary education in the municipality.
MediaEdit
Het Streekblad is a free door-to-door weekly newspaper in the municipalities of Bellingwedde, Oldambt, and Pekela.<ref>Bezorgklachten (in Dutch), Het Streekblad. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref> Dagblad van het Noorden is a daily newspaper in the northern provinces of the Netherlands.
Radio Westerwolde is a radio channel in the municipalities of Bellingwedde, Pekela, and Vlagtwedde.<ref>Over ons (in Dutch), Westerwoldeactueel.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref><ref>Arjan Brondijk, "Twintig jaar Radio Westerwolde: terugblikken en bluesfeest" (in Dutch), Het Streekblad, 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
- Jan Mulder (born 1945 in Bellingwolde), footballer, writer, and commentator
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Template:Official website (in Dutch)
Template:Geographic location Template:Dutch municipality Bellingwedde Template:Authority control