Wietmarschen

Coordinates: 52°32′N 07°08′E / 52.533°N 7.133°E / 52.533; 7.133
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Wietmarschen
Municipality
Flag of Wietmarschen
Flag
Coat of arms of Wietmarschen
Coat of arms
Location of Wietmarschen within Grafschaft Bentheim district
Grafschaft BentheimLower SaxonyNetherlandsEmslandNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBad BentheimOhneSamernSchüttorfSchüttorfQuendorfIsterbergEngdenNordhornWietmarschenGeorgsdorfOsterwaldLageHalleUelsenGeteloWielenItterbeckWielenRingeEmlichheimLaarWilsumGölenkampEscheNeuenhausHoogstede
Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Manfred Wellen[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total119.83 km2 (46.27 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total12,742
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49835
Dialling codes05908, 05925, 05946
Vehicle registrationNOH
Websitewww.wietmarschen.de

Wietmarschen is a unitary municipality (Einheitsgemeinde) in the district of

Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany
. It is split into the villages of Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne with Lohne being the biggest and having the town hall while Wietmarschen, which is the second biggest, having the name.

Geography

Wietmarschen lies roughly 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of

Lingen, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) northeast of Nordhorn. The community's highest elevation is the Rupingberg in Lohne at 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level
. There are plans to construct a viewing tower on it.

Constituent communities

The municipality is divided into six

Ortsteile
named Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne.

Religion

The community of Wietmarschen diverges sharply from the rest of the district with regard to

Catholic
character. In February 2006, the community's religious affiliations broke down thus:

  • 74.3% Roman Catholic
  • 12.6%
    Evangelical Lutheran
  • 3.9% Evangelical Reformed
  • 9.2% other faiths, or no faith

Politics

Municipal council

Wietmarschen's council is made up of 28 councillors.

(as of municipal election on 15 September 2016)

The town hall is in Lohne.

Mayor

The full-time mayor Manfred Wellen was elected on 25 May 2014 with 64.25% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2021.[1]

Coat of arms

The community's

lily in the upper half of the middle flanked by a golden bulrush
on each side sprouting up from the bottom and tilting away from the lily, and each with a golden leaf.

Partnership

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Wietmarschen is twinned with:[3]

Culture and sightseeing

Museums

  • Heimathaus Lohne (local museum)
  • Heimathaus Wietmarschen, the so-called Packhaus (local museum)
  • Treckermuseum Wietmarschen (tractor museum)

Buildings

Sport venues

Regular events

Yearly

  • marksmen's festival
  • Urbreckerfest
  • kermis
  • pilgrimage

Economy and infrastructure

Public transport

Established businesses

Education

Marien-Schule Wietmarschen (

elementary school and Hauptschule
)

Grundschule Lohne (

elementary school
)

Schulzentrum Lohne (

Realschule
)

Famous persons

References

  1. ^
    Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    . 13 October 2021.
  2. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    .
  3. ^ "24 jumelages franco-allemands dans l'Orne". Ouest-France.fr. 21 January 2013.

External links

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