Dingen (Groningen)
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Dingen is a former hamlet in the Dutch
province of Groningen
. It was located about 1 km south of Baflo
.
According to the 18th century historian A.J. van der Aa, the hamlet consisted of four farms, stretching from east to west. There used to be a fortified house here, called "Dingen" or "De Dingen".
The farms still exist, and are still called Dingen; but they are no longer considered to be a separate settlement on the newest topogrphical map of the area.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of Groningen
Groningen (province)
Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...
. It was located about 1 km south of Baflo
Baflo
Baflo is a village in the municipality of Winsum, Netherlands.Famous people born in Baflo include humanist Rudolf Agricola and jurist Gezina van der Molen ....
.
According to the 18th century historian A.J. van der Aa, the hamlet consisted of four farms, stretching from east to west. There used to be a fortified house here, called "Dingen" or "De Dingen".
The farms still exist, and are still called Dingen; but they are no longer considered to be a separate settlement on the newest topogrphical map of the area.