Oudemirdum

Also known as Aldemardum

Oudemirdum () is a small village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1330 citizens (2017).

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Settlement.name: Oudemirdum
Settlement.native_name: Aldemardum
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Oudemirdum, de Hervormde kerk RM15928 IMG 2587 2018-04-19 12.37.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Oudemirdum reformed church
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Gaasterlân Sleat Aldemardum.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the former Gaasterlân Sleat municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Friesland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: De Fryske Marren
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Instance of: village
Country: Netherlands
Located in: De Fryske Marren
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Official website: oudemirdum.nl
Image: Oudemirdum steen 02.JPG

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Commons category: Oudemirdum
postal code: 8567

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Oudemirdum () is a small village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1330 citizens (2017).

== History == The name Oudemirdumis first mentioned in 1329, but the first settlements were before 850. Previously changed the name of ‘Meretha’, in ‘Merthen’, ‘Maerdum’, ‘Merthum’ and ‘Mirdum’ into ‘Oudemirdum’. Through the old village with a brink does Oudemirdum few Drents on. That old village, from the late Middle Ages, consists De Brink, the church (a monument) en de Alde Buorren. In the 19th century The center was expanded with Jan Schotanuswei and the Tsjerkestrjitte, both with a few old farmhouses and houses on both sides of the road.

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