Wallenhorst

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Wallenhorst
Coat of arms of Wallenhorst
Location of Wallenhorst within Osnabrück district
Wallenhorst is located in Germany
Wallenhorst
Wallenhorst
Coordinates: 52°21′N 8°1′E / 52.350°N 8.017°E / 52.350; 8.017Coordinates: 52°21′N 8°1′E / 52.350°N 8.017°E / 52.350; 8.017
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictOsnabrück
Subdivisions4 districts
Government
 • MayorOtto Steinkamp (-)
Area
 • Total47.18 km2 (18.22 sq mi)
Elevation
88 m (289 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total22,907
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49134
Dialling codes05407
Vehicle registrationOS, BSB, MEL, WTL
Websitewww.wallenhorst.de

Wallenhorst is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Wiehengebirge, approx. 10 km north of Osnabrück.

Johannes church in Rulle district

The New St. Alexander Church serves as a reference height for all other heights in the German Mean Height Reference System (Normalhöhennull).

Sons and daughters of the place[]

  • Georg Budke (1900–1994), politician CDU
  • Hubert Müller (1936–1995), Catholic priest, theologian and church lawyer
  • Johanna Voß (born 1957), politician (The Left)

Personalities associated with the place[]

  • Stefan Niggemeier (born 1969), media journalist, grew up in the Wallenhorster districts of Rulle and Lechtingen
  • (born 1933), German evangelical theologian, lives in Wallenhorst
  • Irmgard Vogelsang (born 1946), politician CDU
  • Clemens Lammerskitten (born 1957), politician CDU

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