Lage
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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Lower Saxony
- District
- Grafschaft Bentheim
- Municipal assoc
- Neuenhaus
- Mayor
- Henni Nyhuis
- Total
- 6.39 km (2.47 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 19 m (62 ft)
- Density
- 172/km (446/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 0 59 41
- Vehicle registration
- NOH
- Website
- www.herrlichkeit-lage.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lage ( German pronunciation: [ˈlaːɡə] ) is a community on the river Dinkel in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony with roughly 1,000 inhabitants. It belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Neuenhaus.
Of particular sightseeing interest are the church, built in 1687, the watermill, built in 1270, the castle ruins (first mentioned in a document in 1183, destroyed in 1324–1326 and 1626), the lordly manor, built in 1686 and the historic Oak Avenue with the manor staff’s old houses.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.