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Großenkneten is a municipality in the district of Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Key facts

German location.name
Großenkneten
German location.image_coa
DEU Großenkneten COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Großenkneten in OL.svg
German location.state
Lower Saxony
German location.district
Oldenburg
German location.elevation
37
German location.area
176.17
German location.postal_code
26197
German location.area_code
04435,04487
German location.licence
OL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
03 4 58 007
German location.divisions
19 neigbourhoods
German location.website
www.grossenkneten.de
German location.mayor
Thorsten Schmidtke
German location.leader_term
2020–25
German location.party
SPD

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Oldenburg
Population
16160
Area
176.45
Elevation
37
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.grossenkneten.de
Image
Großenkneter Kirche.JPG
Dialing code
04487
Licence plate code
OL
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Commons category
Großenkneten
postal code
26197
hashtag
Großenkneten
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Neighborhoods
  • History
  • Notable places
  • References
  • External links

Großenkneten is a municipality in the district of Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

==Geography== Großenkneten is one of the largest municipalities in Germany, in terms of its area, and is situated between the rivers Hunte and Lethe, in the landscape called Wildeshauser Geest. The place – consisting of the villages Huntlosen, Ahlhorn and Großenkneten – is still mostly agrarian, but is becoming more and more popular as a place of residence for commuters to Oldenburg.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Großenkneten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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