{{Infobox German place | Name = Oldersum | German_name = | Art = Village | image_photo = ChurchOldersum.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = Church of Oldersum | Wappen = DEU Oldersum COA.svg | image_flag = | coordinates = {{coord|53.32749|N|7.34090|E|display=title|region:DE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | Lageplan = | Lageplanbeschreibung = | Bundesland = Lower Saxony | Regierungsbezirk = | Landkreis = Leer | Municipality = Moormerland | Höhe = 3 | elevationmax = | Fläche = 11.15 | area_metro = | pop_metro = 1,533 | PLZ = 26802 | Vorwahl = 04924 | Kfz = | Gemeindeschlüssel = | Gliederung = | Website = }} '''Oldersum''' is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Located on the north bank of the Ems estuary, Oldersum is to the southeast of Emden and the northwest of Leer. It has a population of 1,533.
==History== Oldersum and the surrounding area formed its own lordship that was controlled by the chief family who named themselves ''von Oldersum'', after the village. Within the lordship, the village had the status of a ''Flecken''. The lordship was sold in 1631 to the city of Emden, which then took control.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bibliothek.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/dateiarchiv/3107/Oldersum.pdf |title=Oldersum, Gemeinde Moormerland, Landkreis Leer |website=Ostfriesisches Landschaft |last1=Euhausen |first1=Klaus |access-date=21 March 2024 |language=de}}</ref>
In June 1526, the so-called Colloquy of Oldersum ({{lang|de|Oldersumer Religionsgespräch}}) took place in the church of Oldersum, between a Roman Catholic and a Lutheran theologian. The report drawn up was printed and distributed in large numbers and contributed significantly to the Reformation in Northern Germany and the Dutch province of Groningen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nordwestreisemagazin.de/religionsgespraech/festwoche.htm |title=Das Oldersumer Religionsgespräch im Juni 1526 |website=Nordwestreisemagazin.de |language=de |access-date=21 March 2024 |trans-title=The Colloquy of Oldersum in June 1526}}</ref>
The old church of Oldersum was destroyed by fire in 1916 and later replaced by a new building.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nomine.net/orgel/oldersum-ev-ref-kirche/ |title=Oldersum, Ev.-ref. Kirche |website=Nomine |language=de |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:2013-05-03 Fotoflug Leer Papenburg DSCF7116.jpg|Aerial view of the harbor File:Moormerland Oldersum - Am Großen Tief - Modell Burg Oldersum 02 ies.jpg|Model of Oldersum Castle File:Moormerland Oldersum - Emder Straße - Alte Waage + Brücke Oldersumer Sieltief 02 ies.jpg|''Alte Waage'' </gallery>
==Notable people== * Uko Fockena ({{circa|1408}}–1432), East Frisian chieftain * Theda Ukena (1432–1494), Countess and regent of East Frisia
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Oldersum}}
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Category:Moormerland Category:Villages in Lower Saxony Category:Towns and villages in East Frisia
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