Quakenbrück (

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 ...

: ''Quokenbrügge'') is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in

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. It is situated on the river

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 ...

. It is part of the ''

Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division) ...

'' ("collective municipality") of Artland.

History

Quakenbrück was founded in 1234 by the

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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 ...

, according to the earliest documents, although the area had been settled previously. It served as a border to the north of

. On 29 May 1916, a nail man made from French poplar was given to the town by

Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser Clemens August von Schorlemer-Lieser (29 September 1856 – 6 July 1922) was a German politician. Historical background Freiherr von Schorlemer was born in Horstmar. After he graduated from the Gymnasium Dionysianum in Rheine in 1874, he studi ...

and placed in the meeting room of the town hall. Revenue from the statue, which depicted a 13th-14th-century knight clad in armor and holding a shield and a sword and has come to be known as the Quakenbrück iron Knight (''Quakenbrücker Eiserner Burgmann''), were used to fuel the war effort. The statue was built by two soldiers from Schorlemer's Battalion.

Climate

Temperate coastal climate is affected by damp NW winds from the North Sea. The long term average air temperature in Quakenbrück is with an average rainfall of . Between May and August, there are about 20–25 days during which temperatures may reach over .

Sport

Quakenbrück has a professional basketball team, the

Artland Dragons QTSV Quakenbrück, widely known as Artland Dragons is a professional basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany. The club's home arena is the Artland Arena, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. From 2003 till 2015 the club played in the B ...

. The Dragons finished as Runners-up during the 2007

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season and won the

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in 2008.

Mayors

* till 1968: Aloys Geers (SPD) * 1968–1972: Karl Möller (CDU) * 1972–1979: Horst Magnus (CDU) * 1979–1988: Werner Korfhage (FDP) * 1988–1991: Jürgen Gadeberg (SPD) * 1991–2000: Klaus Alves (CDU) * 2000–2011: Wolfgang Becker (CDU) * 2011–2014: Claus Peter Poppe (SPD) * 2014–2016: Paul Gärtner (SPD) * 2016–2021: Matthias Brüggemann (CDU) * Since 2021: Tülay Tsolak (SPD)

Twin towns – sister cities

Quakenbrück is twinned with: *

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, France *

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, United States *

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, Poland * Wesenberg, Germany

Notable people

Friedrich Ebert Friedrich Ebert (; 4 February 187128 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the first President of Germany (1919–1945), president of Germany from 1919 until ...

(1871–1925), politician (SPD), first

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from 1919 until 1925; he worked in a local saddlery in 1891 * Heinrich Beythien (1873–1952), economist and

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politician * Wilhelm Martin (1876–1954), German-Dutch art historian *

Wilhelm Bendow Wilhelm Bendow (29 September 1884 – 29 May 1950) was a German film actor who appeared in many films during his career. Bendow made his debut in the 1913 film '' Aus eines Mannes Mädchenzeit''.Elsässer p.106 Selected filmography * '' Lust for ...

(1884–1950), actor, local school pupil in 1905/06 * Enno Patalas (1929–2018), film historian and critic *

Holger Czukay Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (), was a German musician who co-founded the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg ngthe gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay a ...

(1938–2017), musician, was a music teacher at the local Artland-Gymnasium *

Klaus von Klitzing Klaus von Klitzing (; born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. Education In 1962, Klitzing passed the Abitur at the Artland-Gymn ...

(born 1943), physicist, awarded the

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in 1985, went to local Artland-Gymnasium *

Hans-Gert Pöttering Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 15 September 1945) is a German lawyer, historian and conservative politician ( CDU, European People's Party), who served as President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009 and as Chairman of the C ...

(born 1945), politician (CDU), president of the

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, local school graduate * Claus Peter Poppe (born 1948), local politician; headmaster of the local Artland-Gymnasium in 1995–2003 * Ulrike Rodust (born 1949), former local politician (SPD); MEP from 2008 until 2019 * Justus Haucap (born 1969), economist, professor at

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* Andreas Maurer (born 1970), local politician convicted of

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, member of the town council 2006–2019 * Christian Brand (born 1972), football player and manager, played over 240 games * Cinta Laura (born 1993), Indonesian actress

References

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