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Lohne (Oldenburg) (;
Northern Low Saxon Northern Low Saxon (in Standard German, Standard High German: ', also ', lit. ''North(ern) Low Saxon/German''; in Dutch language, Standard Dutch: ') is a subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German. As such, it covers a great part of the West ...
: ''Lohn'') is a town in the district of Vechta, in
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 ...
,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is located approximately 8 km south-west of
Vechta Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta (district), Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta. It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every ...
. The town lies on the A1 freeway between
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 ...
and
Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
.


Geography


Geographical position

Lohne lies in the
Oldenburg Münsterland The Oldenburg Münsterland, otherwise called Oldenburger Münsterland or Oldenburgisches Münsterland, is a region in Lower Saxony, Germany and the administrative area that comprises the Districts of Germany, federal districts of Cloppenburg and ...
between
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to: Places * Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany **Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony * Ol ...
to the north and
Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
to the south. Through the city goes the Weser-Ems-watershed from north to south. In the east is the catchment area of the
Hunte Hunte () is a long river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony), a left tributary of the Weser. The Hunte rises in the Wiehen Hills. In the North German Plain it flows through lake Dümmer. It flows generally northwards through the towns B ...
and in the west the catchment area of the
Hase The Hase () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ems, but part of its flow goes to the Else, that is part of the Weser basin. Its source is in the Teutoburg Forest, south-east of Osnabrück, on the north slope ...
, which lies on a
Geest Geest (, , ) is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outw ...
, part of the
Dammer Berge The Damme Hills are a high, wooded ridge, up to , in the Oldenburg Münsterland in the southern part of the district of Vechta, in western Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Location The ridge of the Damme Hills, which is about long and on ...
. To the east of Lohne lies the Großes Moor, a
raised bog Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation (ombro ...
. To the west lies the "Dinklager Becken", a great lowland. Drainage occurs by the
rivulet A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
s "Hopener Mühlenbach" and "Bokerner Bach" into the Hase and "Dadau" into the Hunte. In the east, next to the "Großes Moor" lie two more raised bogs, the "Brägeler Moor" and the "Südlohner Moor". The "Südlohner Moor" is a protected landscape. A small part of the "Steinfelder Moor" is protected too. It lies in Kroge-Ehrendorf, south of the federal road B214. File:Südlohner Moor 2.jpg, Protected landscape "Südlohner Moor" File:Kroge Steinfelder Moor.jpg, Protected landscape "Steinfelder Moor" File:Runenbrock Fischteich.jpg, Fishing pond "Runenbrock"


Districts


Neighbourship of Lohne

The neighbourship of Lohne, clockwise, start in the north: * The city
Vechta Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta (district), Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta. It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every ...
( District Vechta) * The municipality Barnstorf ( District Diepholz) * The municipality Drebber (District Diepholz) * The city
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 ...
(District Diepholz) * The municipality Steinfeld (District Vechta) * The municipality Holdorf (District Vechta) * The city
Dinklage Dinklage () is a town in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km southwest of Vechta, and 45 km north of Osnabrück. History Dinklage Castle was built by the counts of the Dersagau of Calvel ...
(District Vechta) * The municipality
Bakum Bakum is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Vechta district in western Lower Saxony. Bakum lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnabu ...
(District Vechta) The distance is town center to town center.


Twin towns – sister cities

Lohne is twinned with: *
Rixheim Rixheim (; Alsatian: ''Rìxa'' ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Geogra ...
, France (1987) *
Międzylesie Międzylesie () is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Międzylesie, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately south of Kłodz ...
, Poland (2010)


Economy

As a "city of special industries", Lohne has also made a name for itself nationwide. As early as 1900, Lohne had an injection moulding factory, a
machine factory A machine factory is a company that produces machines. These companies traditionally belong to the heavy industry sector in comparison to a more consumer oriented and less capital intensive light industry. Today many companies make more sophistica ...
, two
paintbrush A paintbrush is a brush used to apply paint or ink. A paintbrush is usually made by clamping bristles to a handle with a ferrule. They are available in various sizes, shapes, and materials. Thicker ones are used for filling in, and thinner ones ...
and one
brush A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during u ...
factories, a mechanical weaving mill, a sausage factory, several
brickwork Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar. Typically, rows of bricks called '' courses'' are laid on top of one another to build up a structure such as a brick wall. Bricks may be differentiated from blocks by ...
s including
cement industry A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...
, a peat factory, a cardboard packaging factory and a large number of other production facilities. Lohne's industry was characterized less by size than by its specialization. Since the 1950s, the
plastics industry The plastics industry manufactures polymer materials—commonly called plastics—and offers services in plastics important to a range of industries, including packaging, building and construction, electronics, aerospace, manufacturing and transpo ...
has been the mainstay of the Lohner economy. Today, metalworking companies, machinery and equipment manufacturers, packaging and cartonboard companies, cork manufacturers, as well as the food industry, agriculture and the construction trades ensure that there is a wide variety of industries in Lohne. The fact that Lohne, as a middle center, is in the same order as the middle center of Vechta, the capital of the district, is shown by the fact, that most of the professional schools in the district are located in Lohne. Every Thursday and Saturday there is a weekly market on the "Alter Markt", occasionally also on the "Rixheimer Platz".


Plastic industries

Established plastic industries in Lohne are: * ATKA Kunststoffverarbeitung * delo Dettmer-Verpackungen * Franz Henke Kunststoffwerk & Werkzeugbau * Kronen-Hansa-Werk * Nowack * Polytec Rießelmann * Pöppelmann * RPC Bramlage


Other companies

Lohne has a wide range of small, medium and large companies. These are for example: * EnviTec
Biogas Biogas is a gaseous renewable energy source produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste, Wastewater treatment, wastewater, and food waste. Biogas is produced by anaerobic ...
AG (producer for biogas plants) *
PHW Group The PHW Group is a German family business in the meat industry that operates internationally. Its core business is meat processing of poultry. It is the largest company of the poultry industry in Germany and the fourth-largest in Europe. The PH ...
(biggest German poultry farmer and producer) *
Würth The Würth Group (, ) is a worldwide wholesaler of fasteners, screws and screw accessories. Würth expanded its range and today offers a full range of business equipment for craft businesses in a kind of supermarket of its own. Würth offers dow ...


Transport

Lohne lies on the A1 freeway (European route E 37) between
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 ...
and
Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
. It can be reached via the exit Lohne / Dinklage. The
train station A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing suc ...
lies on the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway, which is operated by the
NordWestBahn The Austrian Northwestern Railway (German: ''Österreichische Nordwestbahn'', ÖNWB, Czech: ''Rakouská severozápadní dráha'') was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is still ...
. Trains run every hour as RB 58 to Osnabrück and Bremen. Until 1999, a Lohne-Dinklage
narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...
was in operation; passenger transport ended in 1954. Meanwhile, most of the tracks have been converted into a
bike path A bike path or a cycle path is a bikeway separated from motorized traffic and dedicated to cycling or shared with pedestrians or other non-motorized users. In the US a bike path sometimes encompasses '' shared use paths'', "multi-use path", or ...
. In November 2013, the call bus system "Moobilplus Vechta" was put into operation in the district of Vechta, in which Lohne is involved. Every hour a bus operates between
Dinklage Dinklage () is a town in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km southwest of Vechta, and 45 km north of Osnabrück. History Dinklage Castle was built by the counts of the Dersagau of Calvel ...
, Lohne and the Lohner municipality Märschendorf. Other buses run, including "Weser-Ems-Buses", for example to
Damme Damme () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, six kilometres northeast of Brugge (Bruges). The municipality comprises the city of Damme proper and the villages of Hoeke, Lapscheure, Moerkerke, Oostkerk ...
and
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 ...
. From the 1920s there were plans to build a channel called "Hansakanal". It would pass through the middle of Lohne, and would connect the
Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region () is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of , entirely within the feder ...
with the
seaports A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manche ...
of Bremen and
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
. In 1950 the plan was finally abandoned. The nearest
international airport An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports, and feature longer runways and have faciliti ...
s are
Bremen Airport Bremen Airport (German: ''Flughafen Bremen'', ) is the international airport of the city and state of Bremen in Northern Germany. It is located south of the city and handled 1.81 million passengers in 2023. It mainly features flights to Europea ...
(80 km north) and
Münster Osnabrück Airport Münster Osnabrück Airport , formerly ''Münster/Osnabrück International Airport'' and ''Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück'' in German, is a minor international airport in the Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located near Grev ...
(80 km south). Lohne has a fast charging station from Tesla, the
Tesla Supercharger The Tesla Supercharger network is an electric vehicle fast charging network built and operated by American vehicle manufacturer Tesla, Inc. The Supercharger network was introduced on September 24, 2012, as the Tesla Tesla Model S, Model S en ...
.


Population development


Religion


Denominational Statistics

According to the 2011 Census, 67.6% of the population were
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
, 15.8% were
Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...
, and 16.7% were either non-religious, belonged to other religious communities, or did not specify their affiliation. In early 2022, 55.7% of the residents were Catholic, 13.4% were Evangelical, and 30.9% were non-religious or belonged to other faith communities. In early 2023, 53.7% of the people in Lohne were Catholic, and 13% were Evangelical. Other religions and non-religious individuals together accounted for 33%. The number of Protestants and Catholics has decreased during the observed period.


Catholic Churches

Lohne and its districts have the following Catholic churches: * Parish Church St. Gertrud, the namesake of the corresponding church community * Filial Church St. Josef * Filial Church St. Maria-Goretti (Brockdorf) * Pilgrimage and Chapel of Grace St. Anna Klus * Filial Church Herz Jesu (Kroge/Ehrendorf) * Chapel Rießel


Evangelical Churches

* St. Michael's Church, the namesake of the corresponding church community


Mosques

*
Mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...
Bilal-i Habeşi Camii


Culture and sights


Theatre

* Freilichtbühne Lohne * Musical AG of the Lohner high school * Theatregroup of the Schützenverein Bokern-Märschendorf * Theaterring Lohne e. V.


Notable places

* Lohne Museum of Industry (opened in March 2000) * St.-Gertrud-Church with impressive high altar * St.-Anna-Klus (pilgrimage church) with healing spring * "Patoratsmühle" (historical water mill at the city park) * Windmill „Elbers Mühle“ * Outlook tower at the forest park * Moated castle Hopen * Urban Villas (Villa Clodius, Villa Taphorn, Villa Trenkamp, Villa Trenkamp and Bohmann, Haus Uptmoor) File:Wassermühle_im_Lohner_Stadtpark.JPG, Watermill at the city park File:Wasserburg Hopen in Lohne.jpg, Moated castle "Burg Hopen" File:Aussichtsturm Lohne.JPG, Outlook tower at the forest park File:Haus Uptmoor.JPG, House Uptmoor File:Lohne Villa Taphorn.JPG, Villa Taphorn


Outdoor artwork

* Bronze sculpture „Gänseliesel“ (Hans-Gerd Ruwe, 1978) * Bronze sculpture „Begegnung“ (Holger Voigts, 1986) * Fountain sculpture „EGOLOHNE 88“ (Jürgen Goertz, 1988) * Bronze sculpture „Mantelmadonna“ (Judith von Eßen, 1991) * Acacia wood sculpture „Gestern – Heute – Morgen“ (Jacques Muhlenbach, 1992) * Dimension stone sculpture „Zwei Stühle-Thron“ (Rudolf Kaiser, 1992) * Diabase sculpture „Lohner Wasserstein“ (Wolf Bröll, 1992) * Bronze fountain sculpture „Das tapfere Schneiderlein“ (Bernhard Kleinhans, 1992) * Clay sculpture „Befreite Formen“ and marble sculpture „Magisches Quadrat“ (Wolfgang Roßdeutscher, 1992 and 1993) * Bronze sculpture „Disput“ ( Bernd Altenstein, 2009) * Steel sculpture „Jede Menge Leute“ (Werner Berges, 2012) * Steel sculpture at the „Lohneum“ (Alfred Bullermann, 2018)Sechs-Meter-Skulptur schmückt den Eingang der Mehrzweckhalle
Nord-West-Zeitung 1. June 2018 (german) * other sculptures throughout the city 1992 Lohne organized a Sculptor symposium. Many sculptures in Lohne are the result of it. In the area of the town are more than 100
Wayside cross A wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge of a field or in a forest. It can be made of wood, stone or metal. Stone crosses may also be conciliation crosses. Often they serve as waymarks for wal ...
es. File:Lohne Schutzmantelmadonna.jpg, Bronze sculpture „Mantelmadonna“ (Judith von Eßen, 1991) File:Skulptur Gänseliesel Lohne.JPG, Bronze sculpture „Gänseliesel“ (Hans-Gerd Ruwe, 1978) File:Skulptur Schneiderlein Lohne.JPG, Bronze fountain sculpture „Das tapfere Schneiderlein“ (Bernhard Kleinhans, 1992) File:Skulptur Magisches Quadrat Lohne.JPG, Marble sculpture „Magisches Quadrat“ (Wolfgang Roßdeutscher, 1993) File:Skulptur Begegnung Lohne.jpg, Bronze sculpture „Begegnung“ (Holger Voigts, 1986)


Notable people

*
Claus Peter Poppe Claus Peter Poppe (born 1 March 1948) is a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party. Politics Since 1975, Poppe has been a member of the SPD. From 1976 to 1996 he was a councillor of the city of Lohne, most recently as ...
(born 1948), politician (SPD), member of Lower Saxony Landtag 2003–2014 *
Johannes Schmoelling Johannes Schmoelling (born 9 November 1950 in Lohne, West Germany) is a German musician and keyboard artist. He was a member of the prolific electronic music group Tangerine Dream from 1979 to 1985. A classically trained musician, he began playi ...
(born 1950), musician * Benno Möhlmann (born 1954), football player and manager *
Ulrich Kirchhoff Ulrich Kirchhoff (born 9 August 1967 in Lohne) is a German (until 2013) and Ukrainian show jumping rider, Olympic champion from 1996. Olympic Record Kirchhoff participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal on the ...
(born 1967), show jumper, Olympic champion *
Erik Pfeifer Erik Pfeifer (born 22 January 1987) is a German professional boxer who has held the WBO European heavyweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics ...
(born 1987), boxer, German champion * Vivien Endemann (born 2001), German footballer


Honorary citizens

Honorary citizenship Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honor usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...
is the highest honour Lohne has to offer. Only three citizens have received this award: *Helmut Göttke-Krogmann (1919–2008), former voluntary mayor (1972–1991) *Hans Diekmann (born 1938), former voluntary mayor (1991–2001) *Hans-Georg Niesel (born 1944), former town director (1979–2001) and full-time mayor (2001–2011)


Politics


City council

(as of 11 November 2016) By German law, cities between 25,001 and 30,000 citizens must have 36 councillors (German Stadträte), Lohne has only 35. The party AFD won 2 seats for council, but only one candidate on their ticket. The 2nd seat was withdrawn. The legislative period is 5 years.


Mayor

In 2011, Tobias Gerdesmeyer was elected as mayor ( CDU). He was common representative for the mayor (2008–11) before he succeeded Hans Georg Niesel (mayor 2001–2011) as mayor.


Coat of arms

On 3 January 1912, the
grand duke Grand duke (feminine: grand duchess) is a European hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. The title is used in some current and former independent monarchies in Europe, particularly: * in ...
of Oldenburg granted the coat of arms. The shield is divided into four quarters (party per quarterly). The upper left quarter shows gold and red
fess In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English ', Old French ', and -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ', and charge on a coat of arms">Latin ' ...
es, the lower right quarter shows a golden
cross A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two Intersection (set theory), intersecting Line (geometry), lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of t ...
on blue ground. They are the same as in the coat of arms of the grand duke. The upper right quarter shows a church on white ground. It displays the modest character of Lohne in union with the
Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
. The lower left square shows a
wing A wing is a type of fin that produces both Lift (force), lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform (aeronautics), planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-d ...
on a
crown A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, parti ...
. The crown is symbolic of wage and price of the bourgeois activity (Lohn und Preis der bürgerlichen Regsamkeit). The wing is symbolic of the significant feather industry in Lohne in the early 19th century.


References


External links

* {{Authority control Vechta (district)