Bellingwolde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbɛlɪŋˈʋɔldə]; Gronings: Bennewolle) is a village with a population of 2,655 people in the municipality Westerwolde in the Netherlands.
Bellingwolde has a state protected village area with several monumental farmhouses.
Other attractions are the Magnus Church, the Law House, Veldkamp's Mill, and Museum de Oude Wolden.
The origins of Bellingwolde, which was built on a sand ridge dividing the clay and peat ground, are in the 11th century.
[5] The former municipality contained the villages of Bellingwolde, Oudeschans, and Vriescheloo, and the hamlets of Klein-Ulsda and Rhederbrug.
In the northwest it is close to the village Oudeschans, which used to be called Bellingwolderschans (Sconce of Bellingwolde).
In the south Bellingwolde is connected with the village Vriescheloo and the hamlet Rhederbrug.
The nearest German city is Papenburg, 16 km to the east, and the closest village is Wymeer.
[1] 20% of the total population was allochtoon, a person with at least one parent born outside the Netherlands.
[12] The provincial road N969 connects Bellingwolde to Blijham in the west and Rhederbrug and the German border in the southeast.