Ootmarsum

Ootmarsum is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies approximately 10 km north of Oldenzaal. In 2001, the city of Ootmarsum had 4227 population. The built-up location of the city became 1.Five km², and contained 1620 residences. The statistical place "Ootmarsum", which can also encompass the peripheral parts of the metropolis, in addition to the encircling nation-state, has a population of round 3650. Around 770 one of the first church buildings of Twente changed into constructed in Ootmarsum. In November 917, Radboud, bisshop of Utrecht, died in Ootmarsum.

Around 1000, Ootmarsum was one in every of the most important parishes in Twente. Ootmarsum acquired metropolis rights in 1325. The city was then converted into a fortress with ditches and earthworks. In the sixteenth century Ootmarsum was occupied via the Spanish in the course of the Eighty Years War however in 1597 became captured by way of Maurice, Prince of Orange. A cannonball from the siege can be visible nowadays nevertheless embedded within the church. Ootmarsum was a separate municipality till 2001, whilst it became part of Dinkelland, together with Denekamp and Weerselo.