A bit of history Sellingen and environment.

Sellingen

is a village in the municipality Vlagtwedde in the former 'glory' Westerwolde the Diamonds Aa . And has a land area of ​​approximately 9.95 acres. It's a esdorp and it has a distinctive green for these villages. Sellingen occur in the Middle Ages. For the Reformation had its own parish that markets Sellingen, Laude and Ter Haar included. The Dutch Reformed Church is probably in the 14th century.

Sellingen is located in the beautiful area Westerwolde. Although traces of occupation in this area date back to around 5000 years BC, Westerwolde always remained a sparsely populated area.

The majority of the area consisted of a virtually impenetrable peat bog, the Bourtanger Moor. The first inhabitants settled on the higher ground along the Mussel Diamonds A and A.

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In medieval times these settlements grew into esdorp known as Onstwedde, Vlagtwedde, and Sellingen. From here, names of the occupants of the forest to use for their fields, the ash. This is how the demure esgehuchtjes Smeerling Ter Ter Borg and Wupping. These villages around Sellingen seem to stand still in time.

A beautiful historic landmark in Sellingen the early Gothic church, probably from the 14th century. The roof is covered with old concave and convex tiles - called monks and nuns.

The year 1890 is to develop Sellingen, originally a purely agricultural town of great importance. In that year, because this village, because of its central location within the municipal boundaries, designated as the administrative center of very large congregation. Partly as a result, including the basis for the services, such as medium-sized enterprises, over the years greatly increased.

Landscape

The Sell Inger Field, formerly the moors of marketing Sellingen is mined in the thirties under the relief work. These have been converted into farmland and forests that are managed by Forest Service and the forest came Sell Inger forests, some 600 hectares. A portion of the forest is now used for water extraction. The Diamonds Aa is channeled in the sixties, but in the nineties hermeanderd part of nature. In this newly constructed meanders is the art of the theater of nature on an artificial hill. On the steps of the stairs up to it are poems include Kees Stip , who lived here. At the boundary between forests and the lands around the Ruiten Aa is also the visitor the Noordmee which includes a tourist and a tea-room are located. On the southeast side of the village areas around the State Forestry Camps Venne and Hollow Beetse owned.

Source Consulted: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellingen