Loppersum (; ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and former municipality in the province of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

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 (; ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality with a population of 15,864 in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municip ...

(north),

Delfzijl Delfzijl (; ) is a city and former municipality (which now belongs to the municipality of Eemsdelta) 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 Em ...

(east),

Appingedam Appingedam (; ) 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 be built had ...

(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 Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen. The municipality had a population of in ; the village of Ten Boer has approx ...

(south), and

Bedum Bedum (; ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants () in , Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen (city), Groningen's several satellite ...

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

Garrelsweer Garrelsweer () is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), 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 Gerle ...

* 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. ...

* Kolhol * Leermens * Loppersum * Lutjerijp * Lutjewijtwerd * Merum *

Middelstum Middelstum (; ) is a village with a population of 2,419 in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Eemsdelta. Middelstum was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Loppersum. Hist ...

* Oosterwijtwerd *

Startenhuizen Startenhuizen () is a hamlet at the border of the municipals Het Hogeland and Eemsdelta in the northeastern Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherland ...

Stedum Stedum (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Eemsdelta, about northeast of the city of Groningen. Stedum was a separate municipality until 1990, when it merged with Loppersum. The German mu ...

* 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, Ze ...

Zeerijp Zeerijp (; or ) is a village north of city of Groningen. Its most striking building is its brick church for the 14th century with detached bell tower. Formerly dedicated to John the Baptist, now it is a Dutch Reformed church. Also there is a fam ...

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 Ffoc ...

Government

The second to last

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

of Loppersum was

Albert Rodenboog Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s * Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street mar ...

of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in the Netherlands. Formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Christian Historical ...

(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 The Petrus en Pauluskerk () is a church in Loppersum, Netherlands. It is a ''rijksmonument''

is a

national heritage site A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage regis ...

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

borg The Borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. They are Cyborg, cybernetic organisms (cyborgs) linked in a Group mind (science fiction), hive mind called "The Collective". The Borg co- ...

'' of Ewsum in

a single defense tower remains today.

Transportation

The Groningen–Delfzijl railway runs through the municipality from east to west with the railway stations of

and

Loppersum Loppersum (; ) is a village and former municipality in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Geography Loppersum is located in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the north of the ...

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

(1914 in Garrelsweer – 1972) a Dutch mathematician and

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

* Jan Pesman (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 Valley ...

* Haijo Apotheker (born 1950 in Loppersum) a Dutch politician * Laurens W. Molenkamp (born 1956 in Garrelsweer) a Professor of physics, works on semiconductor structures and

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