Lingen, Germany

Lingen, Germany
Lingen
Old town
Old town
Coat of arms of Lingen
Lingen is located in Germany
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Lingen
Coordinates 52°31′23″N 7°19′23″E / 52.52306°N 7.32306°E / 52.52306; 7.32306Coordinates: 52°31′23″N 7°19′23″E / 52.52306°N 7.32306°E / 52.52306; 7.32306
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Emsland
Mayor Dieter Krone
Basic statistics
Area 176.15 km2 (68.01 sq mi)
Elevation 24 m  (79 ft)
Population 51,177 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 291 /km2 (752 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate EL
Website lingen.de

Lingen is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008 the population was 52,353, and in addition there are about 5,000 people who have registered the city as their secondary residence. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" [1], is located on the river Ems in the southern part of the Emsland county and district respectively, which borders North Rhine-Westphalia in the south and the Netherlands in the west. Lingen was first mentioned in the Middle Ages (975 AD).

Lingen 1647

More recently Lingen is known for its offshore- and nuclear industry (nuclear power plants), but also for its beautiful nature alongside the river Ems. 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. In 2010 there are expected to be about 2000 students attending.

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Twin cities

Lingen has five twin cities:

Transportation

  • Lingen (Ems)

Notable people

  • Eberhard von Danckelmann (1643–1722), statesman of Brandenburg-Prussia
  • Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), Bishop of Osnabrück
  • Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing car driver
  • Peter van Roye (born 1950), rower
  • Annette Koop (born 1958), athlete
  • Annette Focks (born 1964), composer
  • Ingo Schultz (born 1975), sprinter
  • Stefan Wessels (born 1979), footballer
  • Michael Rensing (born 1984), footballer

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 

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