Olterterp

Last updated
Olterterp
Village
Hippolytuskerk Olterterp.jpg
Saint-Hippolytus in Olterterp, 15th century
Olterterp wapen.svg
Map NL Opsterlan Olterterp.png
Location in Opsterland municipality
2010-NL-P02-Fryslan-positiekaart-gemnamen.jpg
Red pog.svg
Olterterp
Location in the Netherlands
Netherlands location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Olterterp
Olterterp (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°03′59″N6°6′13″E / 53.06639°N 6.10361°E / 53.06639; 6.10361
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Flag of Opsterland.svg Opsterland
Area
[1]
  Total
6.20 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1.9 m (6.2 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total
80
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Postal code
9246 [1]
Dialing code 0512

Olterterp is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 75 in January 2017. [3]

Contents

The village was first mentioned in 1505 as Otterterp, and means "outer settlement". [4] The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1414 or 1415 as a replacement of an earlier church. The church was built without a tower. The tower was added in 1744. [5]

Olterterp was home to 154 people in 1840. [5] Most of the land was owned by Ambrosius Ayso van Boelens. Around 1850, van Boelens started to cultivate the wilderness and turn it into farmland. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 9246TL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
  4. "Olterterp - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Olterterp". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  6. "Olterterp". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 March 2022.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Olterterp at Wikimedia Commons