Gölenkamp
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Location
Gölenkamp lies northwest of NordhornNordhorn
Nordhorn is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia.- Name's origin :...
. It belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Uelsen
Uelsen
-Geography:The community of Uelsen lies in westernmost Lower Saxony, on the border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, roughly 30 km north of Enschede and 15 km northwest of Nordhorn..-History:...
, whose administrative seat is in the like-named community.
Constituent communities
The community’s three centres are Gölenkamp, Haftenkamp and Hardinghausen.Buildings
Spöllberg, a barrowTumulus
A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...
from the Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
, is found in the community.