Mettingen

Mettingen
Mettingen
Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district
Coordinates	52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.316667°N 7.78056°E / 52.316667; 7.78056Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.316667°N 7.78056°E / 52.316667; 7.78056
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Mayor	Helmut Kellinghaus
Basic statistics
Area	40 km2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m  (243 ft)
Population	12,105 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	303 /km2 (784 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ST
Postal code	49497
Area code	05452
Website	www.mettingen.de

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Mettingen is situated approx. 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.

Neighbouring places

Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.

Economy

The production side of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen.

Notable persons

The founders of the textile company C&A, Clemens and August Brenninkmeyer, were born in Mettingen. Also Annika Suthe, participant of the 2004 Summer Olympics (javelin throw) was born there.

Honorary citizens

• Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1932)
• Franz Brenninkmeyer (1969)
• Theodor Kersting (1973)
• Josef Wiese (2005)

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

• Official site (German)