Wolvega

Wolvega is a village in the agricultural country between the Linde and Tjonger rivers, first recorded in 1218. Its church was rebuilt in 1646 using material from its medieval predecessor. The fortified house called Lycklama State was erected in the early seventeenth century; Rinco van Lycklama became local magistrate in 1626, though the house had fallen into disrepair and was demolished in 1736. Around 1820 a road from Leeuwarden to Zwolle was built through Wolvega, and in 1835 the village became the administrative centre of Weststellingwerf.