Lingen, Germany
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| Coordinates: 52°31′23″N 7°19′23″E / 52.52306°N 7.32306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Emsland |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2018–23) | Dieter Krone[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 176.15 km2 (68.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 56,542 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (830/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EL |
| Website | lingen.de |
Lingen (German pronunciation: [ˈlɪŋən] ⓘ), officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008, its population was 52,353, and in addition there were about 5,000 people who registered the city as their secondary residence. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)"[3] is located on the river Ems in the southern part of the Emsland District, which borders North Rhine-Westphalia in the south and the Netherlands in the west.
History
Lingen was first mentioned in the Middle Ages (975 AD). From 804 to 1180 the region was part of the
Napoleon Bonaparte occupied the region, and from 1810 to 1813 Lingen was part of France. In 1814 it again was part of Prussia, and in 1815 became part of the newly founded kingdom of Hanover. As result of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 the kingdom of Hanover and also Lingen were annexed by the kingdom of Prussia, and in 1871 became part of the German Empire
.
Economy and education
Lingen is known for its offshore- and nuclear industry (Emsland Nuclear Power Plant). The University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck has set up a branch campus, located in the centre of Lingen, with the three Institutes for Management and Engineering, Communications Management and Teaching of Theatre. In 2000 the institutes in Lingen merged into the Faculty of Society and Technology.
Climate
On 25 July 2019, Lingen set the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded within Germany with a daytime high temperature of 42.6 degrees
heat wave
affecting much of Europe.
| Climate data for Lingen (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 68.6 (2.70) |
51.9 (2.04) |
53.9 (2.12) |
42.5 (1.67) |
58.2 (2.29) |
67.5 (2.66) |
82.4 (3.24) |
73.6 (2.90) |
71.7 (2.82) |
66.6 (2.62) |
65.9 (2.59) |
68.8 (2.71) |
771.5 (30.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18.5 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 194.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 14 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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86.6 | 83.8 | 78.6 | 71.4 | 71.4 | 73.1 | 74.4 | 76.3 | 81.2 | 84.8 | 88.1 | 88.6 | 79.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 47.4 | 65.9 | 117.1 | 163.2 | 195.6 | 195.0 | 202.0 | 184.4 | 136.3 | 102.0 | 53.0 | 43.9 | 1,515.8 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[4] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Bielawa, Poland
Burton upon Trent, England, United Kingdom
Elbeuf, France
Marienberg, Germany
Salt, Spain
Rizhao, China
Transport
- Lingen (Ems)
Notable people
- Eberhard von Danckelmann (1643–1722), Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1692 to 1697
- Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (c.1691–c.1747), German-American Dutch-Reformed minister and theologian.[6]
- Konrad Beckhaus (1821–1890), Protestant clergyman and botanist
- Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), Bishop of Osnabrück 1914–1955
- Herms Niel (1888–1954), composer of military songs and marches, lived and died there
- Harry Kramer (1925–1997), sculptor, choreographer, dancer and professor of art
- Beatrix Borchard (born 1950), musicologist and author
- Wilfried Telkämper (born 1953), MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament 1989–1992
- Jens Gieseke (born 1971), politician (CDU), Member of the European Parliament
- Christian Drosten (born 1972), virologist
Sport
- Joseph Rosemeyer (1872–1919), track cyclist, competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing car driver
- Peter van Roye (born 1950), rower, team bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Ingo Schultz (born 1975), 400 metres runner
- Natalie Simanowski (born 1978)
- Michael Rensing (born 1984), footballer, played 355 games
References
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), - ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Die Partnerstädte der Stadt Lingen (Ems)". lingen.de (in German). Lingen (Ems). Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ Ricord, Frederick William (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. II. pp. 542–545.
External links
- Official website
(in German) - students website (in German)
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