Theo Cornelis Budde (28 August 1889 in

Ootmarsum Ootmarsum () is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 10 km north of Oldenzaal. In 2001, the city of Ootmarsum had 4227 inhabitants. The built-up area of the city was 1.5& ...

- 8 August 1959 ) was a watchmaker, jeweler and antique dealer, as well as a poet who left a legacy in his hometown. Theo Budde was instrumental in establishing tourism in the well preserved

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town of

. This remains the largest form of income for the local economy. He recognised the value of the old buildings, the original layout of the streets, and the many traditions that had survived the changing times. He was an active member of the Twensen Schrieversboond (the Twents writers guild). He loved Ootmarsum and wrote many poems about it. As a

watchmaker A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their par ...

jeweler A bench jeweler is an artisan who uses a combination of skills to make and repair jewelry. Some of the more common skills that a bench jeweler might employ include antique restoration, silversmithing, goldsmithing, stone setting, engraving, ...

and antique dealer, his son Theo Budde and his wife Rie Veldboer continued the business. After her death, the business was sold to Ton Schulten and the Budde house currently contains a luxury shoe shop. The garden is use fo
sculpture exhibition
around the old water well that still exist.

Legacy

After his death in 1959, Budde’s poems were published under the title; �
ne gapse vol
�� (a handful). They were republished at the celebration of the 110th anniversary of his birth in August 1999. His poems are still recited at the various tourist and local activities in Ootmarsum, and there is seldom a new book published about this historic town without a mention of his name, a line or the full text of one of his poems. Together with like-minded people in town he formed a core group that kept alive important traditions such as vloggelen at

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(a procession of people holding hands and singing two religious traditional Eastern songs while walking through town through farm house and certain buildings) during, for example, the difficult times of war.

References

External links

* http://paulbuddehistory.com/family/ancestry-paul-budde-ootmarsum-oss/ Budde History Waterput Budde tuin Ootmarsum (in Dutch) http://paulbuddehistory.com/family/rest-of-europe-budde-news-bulletin-board/Ootmarsum {{DEFAULTSORT:Budde, Theo 1889 births 1959 deaths People from Ootmarsum Dutch male poets 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch male writers