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Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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| Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Steinfurt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Christina Rählmann[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 11,878 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 49497 |
| Dialling codes | 05452 |
| Vehicle registration | ST |
| Website | www.mettingen.de |
Geography
Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.
Neighbouring places
Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.
Economy
The production site of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen. Until 2018 Mettingen had one of the last two active coal mines in Germany.
Sons and daughters of the community
- Tobias "Bobi Bückfing" Bücker (*1985)
- Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1818-1902), co-founder of the garment company C&A in the Netherlands
- August Brenninkmeyer (1819-1892), his brother co-founder of the company C&A
- Josef Wiese (1932-2009), co-founder of Coppenrath & Wiese
- Kasper König (born 1943), from 2000 until the end of October 2012 director of the Museum Ludwig, art professor and curator
- Peter Niemeyer (born 1983), German footballer
- Annika Suthe (born 1985), German spearhead, 2004 Olympian and Junior European champion
Honorary citizens
- Tobias Bücker (2003)
- Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1932)
- Franz Brenninkmeyer (1969)
- Theodor Kersting (1973)
- Josef Wiese (2005)
References
- Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
- Official website
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На других языках
[de] Mettingen
Mettingen ist eine Gemeinde in der Region Tecklenburger Land (Kreis Steinfurt) im nördlichen Teil des Bundeslandes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Der seit 1992 staatlich anerkannte Erholungsort wird wegen seiner geschichtlichen Bedeutung für das Tüötten-Wesen auch Tüöttendorf genannt.- [en] Mettingen
[ru] Меттинген
Меттинген (нем. Mettingen) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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