The area around Lemelerveld used to consist of wild moorlands and was nearly uninhabited except for some shepherds and the occasional poacher.

[8] In 1992, the Provincial Council of Overijssel wanted to move all parts in one municipality, and called a referendum.

The majority of the population of Lemerveld voted to maintain the status quo, and the merger was cancelled.

It is a 78 metres (256 ft) high remnant of the Ice Age, and was considered too dry and poor for cultivation.

[13] The Luttenbergerven is a 45.9 hectares (113 acres) nature area with swamps, moist meadows and heaths which was considered too wet, and also escaped the large scale cultivation projects.