Friesoythe

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Friesoythe
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Friesoythe
Friesoythe (Germany)
Friesoythe
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Cloppenburg
Mayor Johann Wimberg
Basic statistics
Area 247.14 km² (95.4 sq mi)
Elevation 6 m  (20 ft)
Population 20,447  (30/06/2005)
 - Density 83 /km² (214 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate CLP
Postal code 26169
Area codes 0 44 91
Website www.friesoythe.de

Coordinates: 53°01′14″N 07°51′31″E / 53.02056, 7.85861

Friesoythe is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Soeste, approx. 25 km northwest of Cloppenburg, and 30 km southwest of Oldenburg.

[edit] History

In 1945, it is believed that allied Canadian soldiers set civilian houses and a church on fire in reprisal for the death of the unit's commanding officer in battle.

Maj.-Gen. Christopher Vokes, commanding the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division (his division was operating in Germany in mid-April) ordered the town to be destroyed. “We used the rubble to make traversable roads for our tanks,” Vokes wrote much later.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canadian Legion - The End Of Darkness

[edit] External links

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