Lingen, officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008, its population was 52,353, and in addition there were about 5,000 people who registered the city as their secondary residence. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)"[3] is located on the river Ems in the southern part of the Emsland District, which borders North Rhine-Westphalia in the south and the Netherlands in the west.

Lingen (Ems)
Town
Reformed church mirrored in the Kornblume windows
Coat of arms
Location of Lingen (Ems) within Emsland district
Lingen (Ems) Show map of Germany Lingen (Ems) Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°31′23″N 7°19′23″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Emsland
Government
• Lord mayor (2018–23)	Dieter Krone[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	176.15 km2 (68.01 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	55,232
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EL
Website	lingen.de

History

Lingen was first mentioned in the Middle Ages (975 AD).

Economy and education

Lingen is known for its offshore- and nuclear industry (Emsland Nuclear Power Plant). The University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck has set up a branch campus, located in the centre of Lingen, with the three Institutes for Management and Engineering, Communications Management and Teaching of Theatre. In 2000 the institutes in Lingen merged into the Faculty of Society and Technology. In 2010 there are expected to be about 2,000 students attending.

Climate

On 25 July 2019, Lingen set the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded within Germany with a daytime high temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) during a heat wave affecting much of Europe.

Twin towns – sister cities

Lingen is twinned with:[4]

• Bielawa, Poland
• Burton upon Trent, England, United Kingdom
• Elbeuf, France
• Marienberg, Germany
• Salt, Spain

Transport

• Lingen (Ems)

Notable people

• Eberhard von Danckelmann (1643–1722), Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1692 to 1697
• Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (c.1691–c.1747), German-American Dutch-Reformed minister and theologian
• Konrad Beckhaus (1821–1890), Protestant clergyman and botanist
• Joseph Rosemeyer (1872–1919), track cyclist, competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics
• Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), Bishop of Osnabrück in 1914–1955
• Herms Niel (1888–1954), composer of military songs and marches, lived and died there
• Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing car driver
• Harry Kramer (1925–1997), sculptor, choreographer, dancer and professor of art
• Beatrix Borchard (born 1950), musicologist and author
• Peter van Roye (born 1950), rower
• Wilfried Telkämper (born 1953), MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament 1989–1992
• Reinhold Hilbers (born 1964), politician (CDU)
• Jens Gieseke (born 1971), politician (CDU), Member of the European Parliament
• Christian Drosten (born 1972), virologist
• Ingo Schultz (born 1975), 400 metres runner
• Michael Rensing (born 1984), footballer

References

External links

• Official website (in German)
• students website (in German)

На других языках

[de] Lingen (Ems)

[ru] Линген (Эмс)