Welsum is a village on the left bank of the river IJssel in the present municipality of

Olst-Wijhe Olst-Wijhe () is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, eastern Netherlands. It borders the Overijssel municipalities of Zwolle to the north, Raalte to the north and east and Deventer to the south; and the Gelderland municipalities of Voor ...

in the Dutch province of Overijssel. The village is the source of the

Welsummer The Welsummer or Welsumer is a Dutch breed of domestic chicken. It originates in the small village of Welsum, in the eastern Netherlands. It was bred at the beginning of the twentieth century from local fowls of mixed origin: Rhode Island R ...

chicken breed. In 2001, a number of farms culled their flocks in connection with the outbreak of

foot-and-mouth disease Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followe ...

. The earliest existing written mention of the village (as ''Wilsum, kerspel Olst'') dates from 1295.Welsum: Historie
Retrieved April 20, 2012. The tower of the Protestant church was built around 1475. The village's flour mill, Houdt Braef Stant, dates to 1856, with restorations in 1963 (using internal parts from the mill Wippe in Hellendoorn) and 1986. It is currently being used as a dwelling.

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File:Welsum46807IJsseldijk 63.jpg, Farm in Welsum File:Church Welsum the Netherlands.jpg, Church of Welsum File:Welsum 31452 IJsseldijk5.jpg, Farm in Welsum File:Welsum 31453 IJsseldijk3.JPG, Former toll house on the dike

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* Populated places in Overijssel Olst-Wijhe {{Overijssel-geo-stub