Editing Loppersum

{{about|the place and municipality in the Netherlands|the place in East Frisia, Germany|Loppersum, Germany}}
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| name                    = Loppersum
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[[File:Gem-Loppersum-OpenTopo.jpg|265px|thumb|''2015 topographic map of the municipality'']]

'''Loppersum''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɔpərsʏm|-|Nl-Loppersum.oga}}; {{langx|gos|Loppersom}} {{IPA|gos|ˈlɔpɐsɔm|}}) is a [[village]] and former municipality in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the northeast of the Netherlands.

== Geography ==
Loppersum is located in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the north of the Netherlands.

The former municipality was bordered by the municipalities of [[Eemsmond]] (north), [[Delfzijl]] (east), [[Appingedam]] (east), [[Slochteren]] (southeast), [[Ten Boer]] (south), and [[Bedum]] (southwest).

The population centres in the municipality were:
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* Eekwerd
* Eekwerderdraai
* Eenum
* Fraamklap
* [[Garrelsweer]]
* Garsthuizen
* Hoeksmeer
* Honderd
* [[Huizinge]]
* Kolhol
* Leermens
* Loppersum
* Lutjerijp
* Lutjewijtwerd
* Merum
* [[Middelstum]]
* Oosterwijtwerd
* [[Startenhuizen]]
* [[Stedum]]
* Stork
* Toornwerd
* Westeremden
* Westerwijtwerd
* [[Wirdum, Groningen|Wirdum]]
* Wirdumerdraai
* [['t Zandt]]
* [[Zeerijp]]
* [[Zijldijk]]
{{Div col end}}

== Government ==
The second to last [[Burgemeester|mayor]] of Loppersum was [[Albert Rodenboog]] of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA).<ref name="mayor_now">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.loppersum.nl/bestuur-organisatie/college-van-bw_41207/ College van B&W], Municipality of Loppersum. Retrieved 22 August 2015.</ref> He was chosen as best local administrator by the professional magazine ''Binnenlands Bestuur'' in 2013.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.dvhn.nl/nieuws/groningen/burgemeester-rodenboog-loppersum-verkozen-tot-bestuurder-2013-10629733.html Burgemeester Rodenboog (Loppersum) verkozen tot bestuurder 2013]", ''[[Dagblad van het Noorden]]'', 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.</ref>

== Monuments ==
The [[Petrus en Pauluskerk]] is a [[rijksmonument|national heritage site]] (''rijksmonument'') in Loppersum.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=search&cOffset=1&cLimit=25&oOrder=ASC&cSubmit=1&sCompMonNr=26265 Complex- of Monumentnummer: 26265] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307165150/http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=search&cOffset=1&cLimit=25&oOrder=ASC&cSubmit=1&sCompMonNr=26265 |date=2014-03-07 }}, [[Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed]]. Retrieved on 22 August 2015.</ref>

Of the ''[[Borg (castle)|borg]]'' of [[Ewsum Castle|Ewsum]] in [[Middelstum]] a single defense tower remains today.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.ewsum.info/geschiedenis.htm Geschiedenis Borg Ewsum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813174331/http://ewsum.info/geschiedenis.htm |date=2015-08-13 }}, Borgterrein Ewsum. Retrieved 22 August 2015.</ref>

== Transportation ==
The [[Groningen–Delfzijl railway]] runs through the municipality from east to west with the railway stations of [[Stedum railway station|Stedum]] and [[Loppersum railway station|Loppersum]].<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.stationsweb.nl/lijnlijst.asp?lijn=81 Overzicht van de spoorlijn Groningen-Delfzijl], Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 August 2015.</ref>

== Notable residents ==
* [[Titia van der Tuuk]] (1854 in 't Zandt – 1939) a Dutch feminist atheist and teetotal, vegetarian pacifist
* [[Johannes de Groot]] (1914 in Garrelsweer – 1972) a Dutch mathematician and [[topologist]]
* [[Jan Pesman]] (1931 in Stedum – 2014) a Dutch long-distance speed skater, bronze medallist at the [[1960 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Haijo Apotheker]] (born 1950 in Loppersum) a Dutch politician
* [[Laurens W. Molenkamp]] (born 1956 in Garrelsweer) a Professor of physics, works on semiconductor structures and [[topological insulators]]

== Gallery ==
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File:20090628 Gereformeerde kerk Garrelsweer.jpg|Garrelsweer, reformed church
File:Leermens - dorpshuis.jpg|Leermens, dorpshuis
File:Middelstum - Kerkpad.jpg|Middelstum, Kerkpad
File:Godlinzermaar.jpg|Bridge over the Godlinzermaar
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Loppersum (Groningen)}}

{{Dutch municipality Eemsdelta}}
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[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2021]]
[[Category:Eemsdelta]]