Wedde

Village in Groningen, Netherlands

53°4′10″N 7°4′45″E / 53.06944°N 7.07917°E / 53.06944; 7.07917CountryNetherlandsProvinceGroningenMunicipalityWesterwoldeArea

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• Total0.72 km² (0.28 sq mi)Elevation

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3 m (10 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total600 • Density830/km² (2,200/sq mi)Postal code

9698^[3]

Area code0597^[4]ISO 3166 codeNL-GR

Wedde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛdə]) is a village in the municipality Westerwolde in the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located 9 km southeast of Winschoten. The castle Wedderborg is located in the village.

History

Most of Westerwolde was a raised bog with few inhabitants, however it formed a natural border between Groningen, East Frisia and the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, and therefore changed ownership many times during its history.^[5]

Wedde was located on the road between Groningen and Germany, and dates from the 12th century. The Westerwoldsche Aa [nl] flows through the village.^[6] In 1316, Westerwolde became part of Münster.^[7] In 1362, Egge I Addinga was given the heerlijkheid Westerwolde by the bishop of Münster,^[6] and started constructing the Wedderborg, a castle, in Wedde around 1370.^[8]

In 1619, Westerwolde was purchased by the city of Groningen, and Wedde remained subordinate to the city until 1798.^[6] It remained a separate municipality until 1968, when it was merged with Bellingwolde to form Bellingwedde.^[9] The new name Bellingwedde is a contraction of Bellingwolde and Wedde. In 2018, it became part of the new municipality of Westerwolde.^[10]

Geselberg

Geselberg (literally: Scourge Mountain) is a hill near Wedde. Between 1587 and 1597, witch trials were held at Wedderborg, and 21 women and 1 man were burned at the stake at Geselberg.^[11]^[12] In 1597, witch trials were outlawed in the Dutch Republic,^[8] and Geselberg was only used for hangings and flagellation.^[11]

Geography

Wedde is located centeṛ̣ west of the municipality Westerwolde, in the east of the province Groningen, in the northeast of the Netherlands. Wedde is an administrative neighbourhood (Dutch: buurt) in the district (Dutch: wijk) of Blijham.

Gallery

Wedderborg
Painting of the bridge at Wedde by Assuerus Quaestius [fy] (1831)
Geselberg
Weddermarke windmill

References

^ ^a ^b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau Statistics. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 9698AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ (in Dutch) Resultaten voor "Wedde,", Postcode.nl. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
^ (in Dutch) Netnummer zoeken, Telefoonboek.nl. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
^ Bosgra, W.H. (1930). Uit Pekela's verleden (in Dutch). Oude Pekela: Feringa. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Redmer Alma (1998). Wedde. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 223. ISBN 90 400 9258 3.
^ Bert Roossien. "Korte Kroniek van Westerwolde". Vereninging Westerwolde (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Burcht te Wedde heeft een verleden dat vol geweld zit". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 20 August 1988. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ "Wedde". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Wandeling door o.a. Wessinghuizen". Onstwedde (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ Memorial stone at Geselberg Ricque Sebens was found guilty of witchcraft, but was released after paying a 200 Emder guilders fine. Johan Tonnis was a man found guilty of witchcraft. Temmeke Johans was found not guilty. Geertken Johans committed suicide prior to execution