Editing Oldenburg, Indiana (section)

==History==
[[File:Holy Family Catholic Church (Oldenburg, Indiana) - interior, nave before a wedding Mass.jpg|left|thumb|Interior of Holy Family Catholic Church in Oldenburg]]
Oldenburg was founded in 1837 by a group of German settlers.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs4LAJdUqlUC&pg=PA8 | title=Shifra Stein's Day Trips from Cincinnati: Getaways Less Than Two Hours Away | publisher=Globe Pequot | date=October 1, 2003 | access-date=April 26, 2013 | author=Hunter, David | pages=8| isbn=9780762727490 }}</ref> The town was named after [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]], in Germany.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.franklincountyhistoricalsociety.com/Oldenburg.html | title=Oldenburg | publisher=Franklin County Historical Society | access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> Incorporated in 1881,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QVE0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Franklin County, Indiana | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Reifel, August Jacob | year=1915 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QVE0AQAAMAAJ/page/n176 168]}}</ref> Oldenburg is called the "Village of Spires" because of its churches and religious educational institutions. In 1851, Mother Theresa Hackelmeier (1827-1860) founded the [[Third Order of Saint Francis|Sisters of St. Francis of Oldenburg]] who would open numerous schools in the [[Midwest]].

The [[Oldenburg Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

[[File:Oldenburg-indiana-from-above.jpg|thumb|Fly-over view of Oldenburg]]