Ottersum is a village in the
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province of
Limburg
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. It is a part of the municipality of
Gennep
Gennep () is a municipality and a city in upper southeastern Netherlands. It lies in the very northern part of the province of Limburg, 18 km south of Nijmegen. Furthermore, it lies on the right bank of the Meuse river, and south of the forest ...
, and lies about 17 km southeast of
Nijmegen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1349-1362 as Dragondeez, and means "house of Dragon (person)". Ottersum developed along the
Niers
The Niers (, ) is a river in Germany and The Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Maas (Meuse). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).
Course and length
The Niers flows through Mö ...
in the Early Middle Ages. It used to be part of the
Duchy of Cleves
The Duchy of Cleves (german: Herzogtum Kleve; nl, Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval . It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and ...
and in 1815 became part of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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The Catholic John the Baptist Church is a three-aisled basilica-like church which was built between 1930 and 1931.
The former monastery Maria Roepaan was built by the Sisters of Divine Providence from
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...
during the ''
Kulturkampf''. A school and orphanage were added to complex. The building was damaged in 1945, and restored in 1949. Since 1995, it used for corporate events.
Ottersum was home to 200 people in 1840. In 1944 and 1945, the village was damaged by war.
It was a separate municipality until 1973, when it was merged with Gennep.
Gallery
File:Ottersum, de Johannes de Doperkerk RM525605 foto4 2013-03-05 13.04.jpg, Ottersum, church: de Johannes de Doperkerk
File:Ottersum (Gennep) centrum met kerk en raadhuis.JPG, Street view
File:Ven-Zelderheide, Beltmolen Rust na Arbeid RM16101 IMG 0583 2022-03-13 14.14.jpg, Wind mill Rust na Arbeid
References
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)
Gennep
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