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Ottersum

Ottersum is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gennep, and lies about 17 km southeast of Nijmegen.

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Place details

Locality: Ottersum
Region: Limburg
Country: Nederland

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ottersum
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Ottersumgemeentehuis2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ottersum, former town hall
Settlement.image_flag: Ottersum vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Ottersum wapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands

Wikidata facts

Official name: Ottersum
Country: Netherlands
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Ottersumgemeentehuis2.jpg

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Ottersum is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gennep, and lies about 17 km southeast of Nijmegen.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1349-1362 as Oitershem and means "house of Oter (person)". Ottersum developed along the Niers in the Early Middle Ages. It used to be part of the Duchy of Cleves and in 1815 became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.