Sulingen is a town in the district of Diepholz,

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

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. It is situated approximatively 30 km east of

Diepholz Diepholz (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Deefholt'') is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwes ...

, and 45 km south of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

Sister cities

* Joniškis, Lithuania

People from Sulingen

* Walter Momper (born 1945), German politician (SPD),

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1989–1991 and

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1989-1990

Sport

* Liesel Westermann (born 1944), German discus thrower, silver medallist at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

; world record holder, 1967-1971. * Jan Rosenthal (born 1986), footballer who played 234 games and 16 for Germany national under-21 football team * Maurice Deville (born 1992), a Luxembourgish footballer who has played over 320 games

References

Towns in Lower Saxony Diepholz (district) {{Diepholz-geo-stub