| Ommeren | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Buren - Ommeren.png |
| Map Caption1: | The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Ommeren in the municipality of Buren. |
| Image Map Size: | 250--> |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Buren |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Gelderland |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 5 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.20 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 405 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 4032 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0344 |
Ommeren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 9km (06miles) northeast of Tiel.
It was first mentioned in the 9th century as Homeru. The etymology is unclear.[3] In 1840, it was home to 413 people.[4]
In January 2023, Ommeren made the news as would-be treasure-hunters descended on the village searching for riches potentially worth millions, allegedly hidden by Nazi soldiers during World War II. It was triggered by an old map,[5] believed to reveal where German soldiers may have buried ammunition boxes full of looted diamonds, rubies, gold and silver. The hand-drawn map complete with a red X to mark the burial spot was part of a case file made public by the Dutch National Archive after a 75-year confidentiality period. It had been sketched by a German paratrooper interviewed by a Dutch institute after the war. The village was near the Allied front line during Operation Market Garden in 1944, an airborne attempt to create a land route into northern Germany.[6] A subsequent officially sanctioned dig on 1 May 2023 found no treasure, rather a World War II-era bullet, some twisted scrap metal, a crumpled car wheel and muddy boots.[7]