Wietmarschen

Wietmarschen is a unitary community (Einheitsgemeinde) in the county of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is split into the villages of Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne with Lohne being the biggest and having the town hall while Wietmarschen, which is the second biggest, having the name.

Wietmarschen
Coat of arms
Location of Wietmarschen within Grafschaft Bentheim district
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Wietmarschen
Wietmarschen
Coordinates: 52°31′59″N 07°07′59″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictGrafschaft Bentheim
Subdivisions6 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorAlfons Eling (CDU)
Area
 • Total119.83 km2 (46.27 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total12,220
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
49835
Dialling codes05908, 05925, 05946
Vehicle registrationNOH
Websitewww.wietmarschen.de

Geography

Wietmarschen lies roughly 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Lingen, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) northeast of Nordhorn. The community's highest elevation is the Rupingberg in Lohne at 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level. There are plans to construct a viewing tower on it.

Constituent communities

The community is divided into six Ortsteile named Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne.

Religion

The community of Wietmarschen diverges sharply from the rest of the district with regard to religion in that it has a largely Catholic character. In February 2006, the community's religious affiliations broke down thus:

  • 74.3% Roman Catholic
  • 12.6% Evangelical Lutheran
  • 3.9% Evangelical Reformed
  • 9.2% other faiths, or no faith

Politics

Municipal council

Wietmarschen's council is made up of 28 councillors.

  • CDU 22 seats
  • SPD 5 seats
  • FDP 1 seat

(as of municipal election on 15 September 2016)

The town hall is in Lohne.

Mayor

The full-time mayor Manfred Wellen was elected on 25 May 2014 with 64.25% of the vote.

Coat of arms

The community's arms show a red field with a stylized lily in the upper half of the middle flanked by a golden bulrush on each side sprouting up from the bottom and tilting away from the lily, and each with a golden leaf.

Partnership

Mortagne-au-Perche, France became a partner community of Wietmarschen on 2 July 1989.

Culture and sightseeing

Museums
  • Heimathaus Lohne (local museum)
  • Heimathaus Wietmarschen, the so-called Packhaus (local museum)
  • Treckermuseum Wietmarschen (tractor museum)

Buildings
  • Stiftskirche Wietmarschen (nunnery church), restored historic nunnery area behind the church
  • Stiftsbusch (nunnery copse) with chapels
  • Sankt-Antonius-Kirche Lohne (church)
  • Mühlenturm Wietmarschen (mill tower)
  • Urbrecker (statue of a bog iron miner)
  • Glockenturm Südlohne (belltower)
  • Schafstall Moormann (sheep pen)

Sport venues

Regular events

Yearly

Economy and infrastructure

Public transport

Established businesses

Education

Marien-Schule Wietmarschen (elementary school and Hauptschule)

Grundschule Lohne (elementary school)

Schulzentrum Lohne (Hauptschule and Realschule)

Famous persons
  • August Perk, German Resistance Fighter against the National Socialism, briefly Friendship with Erich Maria Remarque and had Influence on Remarques world-famous Novel "All Quiet on the Western Front", Grandfather of Johnny de Brest.
  • Erich Maria Remarque, writer, worked as a teacher in Lohne in 1919
  • Mattias Rosemann, deacon

References
  1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2018.
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