Huis te Wedde (Castle)

Wedde had been seen strategically an important place because it lay on the commercial route of the city groningen to the German Lingen and Westfalen. construction history: The toren has been built ca.1360; the ommuring added ca.1460, but unfinished during a devastation in 1478 in 1803, came about a new legal organisation where the jurisdiction concerning wedde and Westerwoldingerland was put under a bailiff. the last bailiff, Mr. W. charges the Sitter, beside the jurisdiction also with the collection of the taxes, left in 1818, the house at wedde. With that an end had come to the feudal era and the role which had played the Wedderborg in this. Meanwhile the house was awfully expires. the vele conquests and bezettingen had already left little of the earlier defending function; in the middle of the 18th century also the last bastion had been demolished. possession history: The house at wedde arose as a onderkomen of the Addinga's between 1362 and 1370. of from that they conducted a such bewind that Westerwolde in insurrection came. In 1478 with aid of the city groningen and the Ommelanden the castle was devastated. Of the bishop of Munster the castle could be rebuilt just in 1486 Haye Addinga. In 1530 the small castle was conquered by roarring of Hackfort, for the duke of yellow. From thanks for that Hackfort were appointed as drost, beside the management concerning Westerwolde also charged with the jurisdiction. Van Hackfort started with a serious strengthening. A ring wall with four bastions was moored as well as poortgebouw with prisoners warrants. To construction material to come the church kerktoren of Vlagtwedde was even demolished. Much time to finish had not been granted of Hackfort. Already in 1536 the house was conquered troops of emperor Karel V and was given house and area (heerlijkheid) in leen to the conqueror, George Schenck van Toutenburg. To this feudatory still the weapon reminds that in the toren has been bricked in. In the citadel at wedde age-long was passed sentence. For the dead convicts to the place of terechtstelling, the "Giezelbaarg" outside wedde were just as lain, were removed and were executed. Schenck van Toutenburg continued construction. That was also the case then in 1561 house and well proceeded in the hands of Johan the Ligne, earl of Aremberg (1525-1568). In 1568 construction was interrupted briefly the castle was then taken by the sepulchres of nassau at the beginning of the 80 person whose birthday it is war. At then the next battle at Heiligerlee *) sneuvelden both Johan the Ligne to the Spanish side and earl Adolf of nassau to the ' staatse ', whereas Willem Lodewijk of nassau saw no chance at the beginning of the 80 person whose birthday it is war the house long in have because to keep he no more money had for a hiring army. The tale goes that Adolf of nassau were laid out in wedde. Current situation: Thus the house dates at wedde in its current form of 1959 then it after the restoration in use was taken as a seat of the waterschap Westerwolde. In 1977, the region Council Oost-Groningen took residence in the house at wedde. It since then fulfils an office function at of 9 cooperating municipalities in Oost-Groningen. Since 1990 the house has been at wedde property of the municipality Bellingwedde.