Wallenhorst

Wallenhorst

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Wallenhorst
Location of Wallenhorst within Osnabrück district
NetherlandsHamburgNorth SeaBremenOsnabrück (district)Lower SaxonyVechta (district)Cloppenburg (district)Diepholz (district)Emsland (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaOsnabrückBad LaerGeorgsmarienhütteHilterGlandorfBad IburgDissenBad RothenfeldeHagenHasbergenMelleBissendorfBad EssenBohmteOstercappelnBelmWallenhorstRiesteBramscheAlfhausenGehrdeAnkumBersenbrückNeuenkirchenMerzenVoltlageFürstenauBippenEggermühlenKettenkampNortrupBadbergenBergeMenslageQuakenbrückWallenhorst in OS.svg
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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
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Osnabrück
Government
  Mayor Otto Steinkamp (-)
Area
  Total 47.18 km2 (18.22 sq mi)
Elevation 88 m (289 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
  Total 22,981
  Density 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 49134
Dialling codes 05407
Vehicle registration OS
Website www.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

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
  • Horst Georg Pöhlmann (born 1933), German evangelical theologian, lives in Wallenhorst
  • Irmgard Vogelsang (born 1946), politician CDU
  • Clemens Lammerskitten (born 1957), politician CDU

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