Loppersum () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and former municipality in the province of

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

in the northeast of the Netherlands.

Geography

Loppersum is located in the province of

in the north of the Netherlands. The former municipality was bordered by the municipalities of

Eemsmond Eemsmond (; en, Ems Mouth) is a former municipality with a population of 15,864 in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Winsum to ...

(north),

Delfzijl Delfzijl (; gos, Delfsiel) is a city and former municipality with a population of 25,651 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Delfzijl was a sluice between the Delf and the Ems, which became fortified settlement in ...

(east),

Appingedam Appingedam (; gos, n Daam) is a city and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. Although there is no certainty as to the exact age of Appingedam, historical research demonstrates that the place in which the city would eventually b ...

(east),

Slochteren Slochteren () is a village and former municipality with a population of 15,546 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2018, Slochteren merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Menterwolde, forming the municipal ...

(southeast),

Ten Boer Ten Boer () is a village and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen. The municipality had a population of in ; the village of Ten Boer has approximately 4,600 inhabitants. In 2019, it was merged into mu ...

(south), and

Bedum Bedum (; gos, Beem) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by inhabitants in , Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De M ...

(southwest). The population centres in the municipality were: * Eekwerd * Eekwerderdraai * Eenum * Fraamklap *

Garrelsweer Garrelsweer is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Eemsdelta. History The village was first mentioned in 1057 as Gerleuiswert, and means "settled height of Gerlef (person)". Garrelsweer developed o ...

* Garsthuizen * Hoeksmeer * Honderd *

Huizinge Huizinge () is a village with a population of 100 in the municipality of Eemsdelta in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 16 August 2012, the heaviest induced earthquake in the Netherlands with a magnitude of 3.6 oc ...

* Kolhol * Leermens * Loppersum * Lutjerijp * Lutjewijtwerd * Merum * Middelstum * Oosterwijtwerd * Startenhuizen * Stedum * Stork * Toornwerd * Westeremden * Westerwijtwerd * Wirdum * Wirdumerdraai *

't Zandt t Zandt () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Eemsdelta. 't Zandt was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Loppersum. The municipality covered the villages 't Zandt, Zeeri ...

* Zeerijp *

Zijldijk Zijldijk () is a village in the municipality of Eemsdelta, Groningen, the Netherlands. It is located along the N46 road between the city of Groningen and the Eemshaven seaport. History The village was first mentioned in 1424 as "Ubba Ffockem ...

Government

The last

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of Loppersum was

Albert Rodenboog Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...

of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutiona ...

(CDA).College van B&W
Municipality of Loppersum. Retrieved 22 August 2015. He was chosen as best local administrator by the professional magazine ''Binnenlands Bestuur'' in 2013.

Monuments

The Petrus en Pauluskerk is a

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(''rijksmonument'') in Loppersum. Of the ''

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'' of Ewsum in Middelstum a single defense tower remains today.

Transportation

The Groningen–Delfzijl railway runs through the municipality from east to west with the railway stations of Stedum and Loppersum.Overzicht van de spoorlijn Groningen-Delfzijl
Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

Notable residents

* Titia van der Tuuk (1854 in 't Zandt – 1939) a Dutch feminist atheist and teetotal, vegetarian pacifist *

Johannes de Groot Johannes de Groot (May 7, 1914 – September 11, 1972) was a Dutch mathematician, the leading Dutch topologist for more than two decades following World War II.. Biography De Groot was born at Garrelsweer, a village in the municipality of Lopp ...

(1914 in Garrelsweer – 1972) a Dutch mathematician and

topologist In mathematics, topology (from the Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing h ...

Jan Pesman Jan Sijbrand Pesman (4 May 1931 – 23 January 2014) was a Dutch speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are ...

(1931 in Stedum – 2014) a Dutch long-distance speed skater, bronze medallist at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valle ...

Haijo Apotheker Harm Haijo Apotheker (born 5 June 1950, Loppersum) is a Dutch politician for the Democraten 66 party. He was mayor of several Dutch townships, including Leeuwarden. From 1998 to 1999 Apotheker was Minister of Agriculture in the Second Kok cab ...

(born 1950 in Loppersum) a Dutch politician *

Laurens W. Molenkamp Laurens W. Molenkamp (born 4 August 1956) is a professor of physics and Chair of Experimental Physics at the University of Würzburg. He is known for his work on semiconductor structures and topological insulators.topological insulators A topological insulator is a material whose interior behaves as an electrical insulator while its surface behaves as an electrical conductor, meaning that electrons can only move along the surface of the material. A topological insulator is an ...

Gallery

File:20090628 Gereformeerde kerk Garrelsweer.jpg, Garrelsweer, reformed church File:Leermens - dorpshuis.jpg, Leermens, dorpshuis File:Middelstum - Kerkpad.jpg, Middelstum, Kerkpad File:Godlinzermaar.jpg, Bridge over the Godlinzermaar

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Populated places in Groningen (province) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2021 Eemsdelta