Olterterp

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| name = Olterterp

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Hippolytuskerk Olterterp.jpg

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| image_caption = Saint-Hippolytus in Olterterp, 15th century

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| image_shield = Olterterp wapen.svg

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| image_map = Map NL Opsterlân Olterterp.png

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| map_caption = Location in Opsterland municipality

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands

| pushpin_label_position = left

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Opsterland}} Opsterland

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 6.20

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9246TL |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 1.9

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 April 2022}}

| population_total = 80

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 9246

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0512

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Olterterp is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 75 in January 2017.[http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=11316-11351&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS Statline

The village was first mentioned in 1505 as Otterterp, and means "outer settlement".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/olterterp |title=Olterterp - (geografische naam)|website=Etymologiebank |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=nl}} The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1414 or 1415 as a replacement of an earlier church. The church was built without a tower. The tower was added in 1744.

Olterterp was home to 154 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/olterterp |title=Olterterp |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=nl}} Most of the land was owned by Ambrosius Ayso van Boelens. Around 1850, van Boelens started to cultivate the wilderness and turn it into farmland.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/olterterp |title=Olterterp |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=nl}}