Addrup

Addrup Essen / Oldenburg municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 43 '26 "  N , 8 ° 1' 36"  E
Height :	28 m
Residents :	298  (May 2014)
Postal code :	49632
Area code :	05438
Location of Addrup in Essen / Oldenburg
The Göpelplatz in Addrup

Addrup is a village in the municipality of Essen / Oldenburg in Lower Saxony with around 300 inhabitants.

Origin of name

The Adathorpe peasantry is mentioned in the oldest document from the year 950. The name changed over the following centuries: 1340 Addorpe, 1376 Adorpe. A free court existed in Addrup in the Middle Ages. It belonged to the Count of Tecklenburg , who owned large estates here and exercised county rights on possessions. It is known from ancient records that eight Addruper families can trace their family tree back over 500 years.

location

The Addrup peasantry is bordered by the villages of Bevern, Calhorn, Gut Lage , Lüsche and Uptloh. Addrup is located in the district of Cloppenburg .

Established businesses

Addrup is the headquarters of the Wernsing Feinkost food company , which was founded there in 1962.

Personalities

Born in Addrup

• Caspar Heinrich Borges (1824–1890), Bishop of Detroit
• Clemens Große Macke (* 1959), former member of the Lower Saxony state parliament

Web links

Commons : Addrup  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website addrups

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History of Addrups on essen-oldb.de Accessed : March 2, 2017