Cloppenburg

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Cloppenburg
Panorama of Cloppenburg
Panorama of Cloppenburg
Flag of Cloppenburg
Flag
Coat of arms of Cloppenburg
Coat of arms
Location of Cloppenburg within Cloppenburg district
Cloppenburg is located in Germany
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg
Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E / 52.850; 8.050Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E / 52.850; 8.050
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCloppenburg
Government
 • MayorWolfgang Wiese (CDU)
Area
 • Total70.62 km2 (27.27 sq mi)
Elevation
39 m (128 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total35,966
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49661
Dialling codes04471
Vehicle registrationCLP
Websitewww.cloppenburg.de

Cloppenburg (German: [ˈklɔpn̩ˌbʊɐ̯k] (About this soundlisten)) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg. Another major road is the federal highway B213 being the shortest link from the Netherlands to the A1 and thus to Bremen and Hamburg.

The town had strong cultural links with St Munchins Parish in Limerick, Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s. During this period many groups of teens/young adults from both areas visited and were hosted by families from the other area. It was a very successful exchange program fostering some lifelong friendships.

Economy[]

Cloppenburg Castle

The town is a centre for the largely agricultural region of southern Oldenburg. It is the administrative centre of the district and there are many schools.

However, there is also some industry in town: e.g. Lumberg, (connector systems) and Derby Cycle (bikes).

Tourism[]

Cloppenburg Museum

One of Cloppenburg's main tourist attractions is the Cloppenburg Museum Village, a collection of old buildings from the region that were dismantled and reassembled in the museum.

Twin town[]

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

Cloppenburg is twinned with:[2]

Mayors[]

  • Ignatz Feigel (1855–1922)
  • Bernhard Heukamp (1884–1946)
  • Georg Wessling (1889–1974)
  • Wolfgang Wiese

Notable people[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2020.
  2. ^ "Partnerstadt". cloppenburg.de (in German). Cloppenburg. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

External links[]

Media related to Cloppenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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