Bockhorn is a municipality in the
district of Friesland, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
Germany
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. It is approximately 15 km southwest of
Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven (, ''Wilhelm's Harbour''; Northern Low Saxon: ''Willemshaven'') is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea, and has a population of 76,089. Wilhelms ...
, and 30 km northwest of
Oldenburg.
Persons from Bockhorn
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Diedrich Uhlhorn (1764-1832), inventor
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Ludwig von Weltzien (1815-1870), prussian lieutenant general
References
Friesland (district)
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