Losser () is a

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and a town in the eastern

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. It is at the eastern end of the

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Population centres

Losser

The oldest known reference to Losser dates from the tenth century.Stenvert, R. et al. (1998). ''Monumenten in Nederland: Overijssel'', p. 213–215, 240. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. . Originally, the village consisted of two separate parts. Both were almost completely destroyed when on 21 September 1665, troops from

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set fire to them.Buisman, J. (2000). ''Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de lage landen: 1575–1675'', p. 597. Franeker: Van Wijnen. . One of the town's oldest buildings is the Martinustoren (St. Martin's Tower), dating from around 1500 and the only remaining part of a church demolished in 1903.

Geography

A few kilometers west of De Lutte, close to the border with

Oldenzaal Oldenzaal (; Tweants: ''Oldnzel'') is a municipality and a city in the eastern province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. It is part of the region of Twente and is close to the German border. It received city rights in 1249. Historically, the city ...

, lies the Tankenberg, a hill the top of which (85 m) is the highest point in the province. (For myths of the Tankenberg, see

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.) The municipality's most important body of water is the river

Dinkel The Dinkel is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, left tributary of the Vecht. Its total length is , of which in Germany. The Dinkel originates in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Ahaus and Coesfeld. It flows north to Gronau, cro ...

Sister cities

Losser is twinned with:

Notable people

Pi de Bruijn Pi de Bruijn (born 28 August 1942) is a Dutch architect from Losser, Overijssel, the Netherlands . He is a design principal at the Office de Architecten Cie., located in Amsterdam. History Bruijn graduated from the Delft University of Technology ...

(born 1942 in Losser) a Dutch architect *

Kim Kötter Kim Kötter (born 27 July 1982, Losser, Overijssel) is a Dutch director, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universe Nederland 2002, and competed in the Miss Universe 2002 pageant where she placed 11th in the preliminarie ...

(born 1982 in Losser) a Dutch director, model and beauty pageant titleholder IMDb Database
retrieved 04 October 2019 *

Moniek Nijhuis Moniek Nijhuis (born 20 March 1988) is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. After she had been a professional swimmer, under the guidance of Martin Truijens, for several years she took a break from professional swimming after she mis ...

(born 1988 in Overdinkel) a Dutch swimmer, competed in the

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Gallery

File:Martinustoren Losser.jpg, Martin's Tower File:Losser, de Hervormde kerk RM26296 foto1 2013-04-22 17.08.jpg, Reformed church File:Losser, de Sint Martinuskerk foto8 2013-04-22 17.01.jpg, Church: de Sint Martinuskerk File:Overdinkel, Roomskatholieke Kerk.jpg, Overdinkel, Rooms katholieke Kerk

References

External links

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Official website
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