Cappeln is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in

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. It is situated approximately 7 km southeast of

Cloppenburg Cloppenburg (; nds, Cloppenborg; stq, Kloppenbuurich) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Brem ...

. Cappeln consists of the following rural communities: * Cappeln including Dingel * Tenstedt including Siehenfelde, Osterhausen, Darrenkamp and Gut Schwede * Schwichteler with Nordenbrok and Schwichteler station * Bokel with Wißmühlen * Mintewede * Elsten and Elstermoor * Sevelten * Warnstedt * Nutteln/Tegelrieden

History

In 1159 Cappeln became independent from nearby

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and founded its own parish. The name derives from the word "chapel". The old church (built in 1150) was only demolished in 1900 to make room for the current St. Peter and Paul church. From 1914 to 1965 a local railway linked Cappeln to

and

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, first the only station was in Schwichtler.

Sons and daughters

* Günter Dreyer (1943-2019), German egyptologist

Architecture

* St. Peter und Paul's Church * Pastorat, built in 1711 * Stud farm Vorwerk * St. Mary's Church (Sevelten) * Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Elsten) File:Cappeln-Kirche-1.jpg, In St. Peter und Paul File:Cappeln-Kirche-2.jpg, In St. Peter und Paul File:Sevelter-Kirche-3.jpg, Sevelter Kirche File:Sevelter-Kirche-4.jpg, Sevelter Kirche File:Elsten-Kirche.jpg, Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Elsten)

References

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