Bellingwedde

Bellingwedde was a municipality with a population of 8,892 in the province Groningen inside the northeast of the Netherlands. Bellingwedde was set up in 1968, whilst the municipalities of Bellingwolde and Wedde had merged. It contained the villages Bellingwolde, Blijham, Oudeschans, Veelerveen, Vriescheloo, and Wedde. After nearly 50 year, Bellingwedde changed into disestablished in 2018, when the municipalities of Bellingwedde and Vlagtwedde had merged into Westerwolde. Bellingwedde is bordered by the Dutch municipalities of Oldambt, Pekela, Stadskanaal, and Vlagtwedde, and through the German municipalities of Rhede and Bunde.

The nearest town is Winschoten. The municipality includes the villages Bellingwolde, Blijham, Oudeschans, Veelerveen, Vriescheloo, and Wedde. It additionally incorporates the hamlets Den Ham, Klein-Ulsda, Rhederbrug, and Wedderveer. The north border of the municipality 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.