Oterdum, NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Harko72
N 53° 18.661 E 006° 59.840
32U E 366575 N 5908739
The demolished village Oterdum
Waymark Code: WM12GKB
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Date Posted: 05/24/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Blue J Wenatchee
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Oterdum was een dorp in de gemeente Delfzijl in de Nederlandse provincie Groningen.
Het lag tussen Delfzijl en Termunten in de historische Oosterhoek.
Het is in de jaren zeventig van de twintigste eeuw volledig afgebroken om plaats te maken voor een verbreding van de zeedijk van de Eemsmonding, die op deltahoogte moest worden gebracht.
Toen de dijk verhoogd werd om deze op deltahoogte te brengen, moest het uit 1877 daterende kerkje verdwijnen.
De grafstenen op het kerkhof werden zorgvuldig verwijderd en naderhand op de nieuwe dijk teruggeplaatst.

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Oterdum was a village in the municipality of Delfzijl in the Dutch province of Groningen.
It was located between Delfzijl and Termunten in the historic Oosterhoek.
It was completely demolished in the seventies of the twentieth century to make way for a widening of the seawall of the Eems estuary, which had to be brought to delta height.
When the dike was raised to bring it to delta height, the church dating from 1877 had to disappear.
The graves in the cemetery were carefully removed and then placed back on the new dike.
Reason for Abandonment: Economic

Date Abandoned: 01/01/1975

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