Bellingeweer is part of the town of
Winsum
Winsum () is a town and a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het H ...
, in
Groningen,
Netherlands
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
. Originally, it was an independent village built on a ''
wierde
A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides an ...
''. Bellingeweer had its own medieval church, which was demolished in 1824. However, the cemetery is still there.
The ''wierde'' on which the village is built dates from around the year 1 AD and is still clearly visible.
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{{Dutch municipality Het Hogeland
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Het Hogeland