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Nordhorn
Sign in to saveNordhorn (; Northern Low Saxon: Nothoorn, or Notthoarn, Netthoarn, and Dutch: Noordhoorn), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim, located in the southwest corner of the state, near the border of the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Nordhorn is a city and district capital located in the County of Bentheim, Germany. It serves as a border city and is situated in the state of Lower Saxony. The municipality has a population of 55,619 and covers an area of 149.87 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 23 meters. Nordhorn shares borders with the municipalities of Wietmarschen, Osterwald, and Schüttorf.
The city is a member of the Climate Alliance and is twinned with Coevorden, Montivilliers, Reichenbach im Vogtland, and Malbork. It operates within the Central European Time zone. Local postal codes range from 48527 to 48531, and the area uses the license plate code NOH. The local dialing codes include 05921, 05925, 05926, and 05941.
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Place details
- Locality
- Nordhorn
- Region
- Niedersachsen
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.name
- Nordhorn
- German place.image_flag
- Flagge Nordhorn.svg
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen Stadt Nordhorn.svg
- German place.image_skyline
- Innenstadt.04.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Panoramic view of Nordhorn
- German place.image_plan
- Nordhorn in NOH.svg
- German place.state
- Niedersachsen
- German place.district
- Grafschaft Bentheim
- German place.elevation
- 23
- German place.area
- 149.87
- German place.postal_code
- 48527–48531
- German place.area_code
- 05921
- German place.licence
- NOH
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 4 56 015
- German place.website
- www.nordhorn.de
- German place.mayor
- Thomas Berling
- German place.leader_term
- 2011–2026
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Encyclopedic overview
42 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Extent of the municipal area
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- Local Subdistricts
- Further quarters
- Amalgamations
- History
- Religion
- Population
- Population development
- Politics
- Mayors
- Town council
- Culture and sightseeing
- Museums
- Buildings
- Landscape
- Sport
- Euregium
- ''Eissporthalle''
- Regular events
- German record
- Economy and infrastructure
- Industry
- Transport
- Culture
- Old weaving mill
- ''Jugendzentrum Nordhorn''
- ''Tierpark Nordhorn''
- Social institutions
- ''Lebenshilfe Nordhorn''
- ''Vechtetalschule''
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Nordhorn (; Northern Low Saxon: Nothoorn, or Notthoarn, Netthoarn, and Dutch: Noordhoorn), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim, located in the southwest corner of the state, near the border of the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia.
==Etymology== thumb|View of the Povelberg There are several theories about the origin of Nordhorn's name. One possibility is that the name originates from a horn (referred to as the Nothorn, or emergency horn) used by watchmen to warn the inhabitants of Vechteinsel (Vechte Island) if there was an attack. Additionally, the town's location north of Bentheim (now Bad Bentheim) and its castle may have contributed to this name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nordhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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