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Grafschaft Bentheim
County of Bentheim (german: Grafschaft Bentheim) is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Dutch provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe, the district of Emsland, and the districts of Steinfurt and Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia. History The District has roughly the same territory as the County of Bentheim, a state of the Holy Roman Empire that was dissolved in 1803. Geography The district's north-western region named (''low county'') protrudes into Dutch territory, and borders it to the north, west and south. The Vechte River (Dutch ''Vecht'') traverses the district from south to north and flows into the Netherlands. Coat of arms The arms are identical to the arms of the historic County of Bentheim The County of Bentheim (''Grafschaft Bentheim'', Low German ''Benthem'') was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the south-west corner of today's Lower Saxony, Germany. The county's borders corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordhorn
Nordhorn (Northern Low Saxon: ''Nothoorn'' (or ''Notthoarn'', ''Netthoarn'' and ''Noordhoorn'')) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Etymology One story holds that the town's name – which means "North Horn" – came about when the town was under attack, in which case a horn – the so-called ''Nothorn'' or emergency horn – was blown by the watchmen to warn the Vechteinsel (Vechte Island) inhabitants and also to call for help. Since the town lay north of Bentheim (now Bad Bentheim) and its castle, it is said that this yielded the name Nordhorn. A horn, however, was also used by the boatmen on the river Vechte to warn each other of ships' movements in fog. Since the 1970s, the ''Tuter'' ("Tooter"), a bronze memorial to the beginnings of inland shipping, has stood at the old harbour. Since a settlement with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wietmarschen
Wietmarschen is a unitary municipality (''Einheitsgemeinde'') in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is split into the villages of Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne with Lohne being the biggest and having the town hall while Wietmarschen, which is the second biggest, having the name. Geography Wietmarschen lies roughly west of Lingen, and northeast of Nordhorn. The community's highest elevation is the Rupingberg in Lohne at above sea level. There are plans to construct a viewing tower on it. Constituent communities The municipality is divided into six ''Ortsteile'' named Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne. Religion The community of Wietmarschen diverges sharply from the rest of the district with regard to religion in that it has a largely Catholic character. In February 2006, the community's religious affiliations broke down thus: * 74.3% Roman Catholic * 12.6% Evang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engden
Engden is a community in the district of the County of Bentheim in Lower Saxony. Geography Location Engden lies between Nordhorn and Schüttorf. It belongs to the Joint Community ''(Samtgemeinde)'' of Schüttorf, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town. Politics Engden was and is dominated by a Catholic church milieu, and as such, markedly few Engdeners opted for the NSDAP in Nazi times. Mayor The honorary mayor Gerhard Theißing was elected on 9 September 2001. Culture and sightseeing Buildings The ''Katholische Kirche Abt St. Antonius'' (church) was built in 1899 as a neo-Romanesque brick structure. The Dobbe warehouse may have been built about 1800 and is said to be northwest Germany’s oldest maintained rural grain distillery building, and as such it is an important industrial monument. The ''Bügeleisen-Haus'', or Clothes Iron House, came to be because the farmers would only relinquish to the house builder a narrow, tapered lot whose odd layout has resulte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schüttorf (Samtgemeinde)
Schüttorf is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of the County of Bentheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the municipality Schüttorf. Municipalities * Engden * Isterberg * Ohne * Quendorf * Samern * Schüttorf Schüttorf ( Northern Low Saxon: ''Schüttrup'') is a town in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in southwesternmost Lower Saxony near the Dutch border and the boundary with Westphalia ( North Rhine-Westphalia). The town of Schüttorf forms with ... Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony {{Bentheim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osterwald
Osterwald is a community and part of the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Neuenhaus in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community consists of the centres of Osterwald, Alte Piccardie and Hohenkörben (Veldhausen parish). In Osterwald are found two brooks: the Soermannsbecke and the Böltbecke, which later empty into the Lee Neighbouring communities Osterwald’s neighbours are Veldhausen, Neuenhaus, Grasdorf, Georgsdorf, Esche, Hohenkörben and Bimolten. History The name Osterwald first crops up in 14th-century documents. Politics The mayor is Gerda Brookmann. Economy Osterwald’s economic mainstay is agriculture, and its next most important source of livelihood is the petroleum industry. Moreover, many smaller businesses are to be found, such as carpenter’s shops, a driving school and a shoe shop. Once, the petroleum industry was the community’s greatest economic factor. Also built in this time was the swimming pool, whose ceiling fell in; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuenhaus
Neuenhaus is a town in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, and is the seat of a like-named collective municipality Neuenhaus (Samtgemeinde), Neuenhaus. Neuenhaus lies on the rivers Dinkel and Vechte near the border with the Netherlands and is roughly 10 km northwest of Nordhorn, and 30 km north of Enschede. History Neuenhaus was founded in 1317 on the trade road between Münster and Amsterdam by County of Bentheim, Bentheim’s Count Johannes II, who also had a castle built for its security. The quickly growing new town was granted town rights in 1369. The town had at its disposal an ''Amt (administrative division), Amt'' court and other authorities that were moved to the district seat of Nordhorn after the Second World War. Today’s town of Neuenhaus was enlarged in 1970 through the amalgamation of the formerly autonomous communities of Grasdorf, Hilten and Veldhausen, the last of which had already existed as early as the 10th century. By building two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lage, Lower Saxony
Lage is a community on the river Dinkel in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony with roughly 1,000 inhabitants. It belongs to the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Neuenhaus. Of particular sightseeing interest are the church, built in 1687, the watermill, built in 1270, the castle ruins (first mentioned in a document in 1183, destroyed in 1324–1326 and 1626), the lordly manor, built in 1686 and the historic Oak Avenue with the manor staff’s old houses. The extended name ''Herrlichkeit Lage'' – “Herrlichkeit” means grandness or magnificence – refers to the time between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the year 1803, in which Lage was a self-standing small state with its own jurisdiction. The biggest club is the sport club, ''Rot-Weiß Lage 29 e. V.'' (about 700 members). Castle In 1183 came the first documentary mention of the castle at Lage, and of a Hermann von Lage, who between 1173 and 1183 was Capitular at Münster. Between 1324 and 132 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgsdorf
Georgsdorf is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. Geography Location Georgsdorf lies north of Nordhorn on the ''Süd-Nord-Kanal'' (South-North Canal) and the ''Coevorden-Piccardie-Kanal''. It belongs to the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Neuenhaus, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town. Politics Mayor The honorary mayor was Willi Beckert, but he died in May 2007, and since then Johann Scholten has been the new mayor. Culture and sightseeing Buildings Georgsdorf's best-known landmark is a windmill built in the traditional Dutch style in 1875 out of brick and with a thatched roof. File:Georgsdorf, die evangelisch- reformierte Kirche foto4 2016-09-25 13.00.jpg, Reformed church File:Georgsdorf, die Georgsdorfer Mühle foto9 2016-09-25 13.13.jpg, Windmill: die Georgsdorfer Mühle Economy and infrastructure Transport The Autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esche, Lower Saxony
Esche is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. Geography Location Esche lies on the Vechte between Nordhorn and Emlichheim. It belongs to the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Neuenhaus, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town. Services Esche currently has an internet connectivity of 384 kilobit per second which is relatively low compared to the surrounding areas where there are speeds of 16 megabit per second and upward. Also there is a kindergarten in Esche. Politics Mayor The honorary mayor Hermann Berends was elected on 9 September 2001. Regular events The sport club holds its folk festival in mid-April. History The community’s namesake was the ''Haus Esche'', also known as Oedinghof. The ''Haus Esche'' and the ''Schulenburg'' (castle) in Veldhausen were both owned by a family named van Münster. In the Dutch War of Independence, in 1593, when the Spaniards unsuccessfully laid siege to the fort at Coevorden, the inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuenhaus (Samtgemeinde)
Neuenhaus is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Bentheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the municipality Neuenhaus. The ''Samtgemeinde'' Neuenhaus consists of the following municipalities: # Esche # Georgsdorf # Lage # Neuenhaus # Osterwald Osterwald is a community and part of the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Neuenhaus in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community consists of the centres of Osterwald, Alte Piccardie and Hohenkörben (Veldhausen parish ... {{Authority control Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringe, Germany
Ringe is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. Emlichheim Ringe has roughly 2,000 inhabitants and belongs to the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Emlichheim. The community consists of the three centres of Großringe, Kleinringe and Neugnadenfeld and is mainly characterized by agriculture, although it also has an interesting history behind it. The community’s geography was once moorland, but this was cultivated by prisoners of war in the Second World War, for which the Nazis built a special camp, the ''Lager Alexisdorf''. After the war, homeless refugees found housing here, converting the camp into a new settlement, called Neugnadenfeld, now one of Ringe’s three centres (''Ortsteile''). The moors Today, there is no longer much in the way of pure moorland in the community, but conservationists have been trying for a few years to recultivate these as the moors, a habitat for some threatened animal species, are becoming scarcer. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laar
Laar () is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community’s name comes from the Old Dutch for “glade in the woods”. Geography Location Laar lies northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. It belongs to the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Emlichheim, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town. The Vechte runs through the community. Neighbouring communities The community of Laar borders in the south on the communities of Wielen and Wilsum, in the east on the community of Emlichheim, in the north on the Dutch community of Coevorden and in the west on the Dutch community of Hardenberg in Overijssel. Constituent communities The community of Laar consists of the six constituent centres (''Ortsteile'') of Agterhorn, Echteler, Eschebrügge, Heesterkante, Laar and Vorwald. Religion Although Laar is a small village, it nonetheless has three church parishes: Evangelical-Reformed, Catholic and Evangelical-Old Reformed. Politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
