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There's no real date to point out the foundation of Tielen. The oldest documents mentioning the village are from the 13th century, but most historians think the village is actually much older. The characteristics of the oldest settlements prove the village was founded by the
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The name "Tielen" no longer has a meaning in modern-day Dutch (or
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The village has a small center which is triangular. It has a 19th-century church, an old railway station and a beautiful town hall (nowadays the old town hall, since Tielen became a part of
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and is the second biggest ice cream producer in
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had a military base in the village, in the surrounding villages people referred to Tielen as 'Little
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The largest part of the inhabitants are upper middle class nowadays, but through history, the largest part of the inhabitants were poor farmers.
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