Oud Ootmarsum

Oud Ootmarsum
Oud Ootmarsum
hamlet
	Old style barn
	Nickname: Héénige Slépvént Land
	The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Oud Ootmarsum in the municipality of Dinkelland.
	Oud Ootmarsum Location in the Netherlands Oud Ootmarsum Oud Ootmarsum (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 52°25′03″N 6°54′28″E / 52.4175°N 6.9079°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Municipality	Dinkelland
Area
• Total	7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population
• Total	320
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym	Oud-Ootmarsumers
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7637
Dialing code	0541

Oud Ootmarsum is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 12 km north of Oldenzaal and very close to Ootmarsum.

Oud Ootmarsum is a statistical entity and has its own postal code,^[1]^[3] however it is considered a hamlet.^[4] The hamlet is the predecessor of the city of Ootmarsum, and was first mentioned in 1384 as Olde Oetmarsum.^[5] In 1840, it was home to 245 people.^[4]

The partially timber-framed building style of barns and farmhouses here is closely related to the building style of the Low German house.

Gallery

Old style barn
Old style farmhouse
Former watermill

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 7637PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Postcode 7637 in Oud Ootmarsum". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Oud Ootmarsum". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Oud-Ootmarsum". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2022.