Löningen

Löningen
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Löningen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Cloppenburg
Mayor Thomas Städtler (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area 143 km2 (55 sq mi)
Elevation 24 m  (79 ft)
Population 13,166 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 92 /km2 (238 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate CLP
Postal code 49624
Area codes 0 54 32
Website www.loeningen.de

Löningen is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 25 km southwest of Cloppenburg.

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History

Löningen originally appeared in 822 as Loingo. The name Löningen was mentioned first in 1147 in a letter to the Bishop von Hildesheim, at which time the area of Löningen belonged to the [[Corvey Abbey]. Beginning in 1200 Löningen belonged to the Count von Tecklenburg. The diocese Münster absorbed Löningen beginning in 1400. In 1803, church rule ended and Löningen belonged to the Duchy of Oldenburg. From 1810 to 1813 Löningen belonged to the Arrondissement Quakenbrück. After the battle of Leipzig, Löningen returned to Oldenburg.[2]

In 1814 the Duchy of Oldenburg was divided into 25 offices, one of which became Löningen. This was dissolved 1879 and Löningen was assigned to the district of Cloppenburg.

During the WWII, the first bombs in the Löningen area fell in 1940, and in 1945 the Löningen district courthouse was destroyed by bombing. On the 10th and 11th of April, 1945 British troops arrived and surrounded the German troops on three sides — after which the German troops retreated. [3]

The municipal laws of Löningen were codified on 1 March 1982.

Population

Year Population[4]
1549 ca. 1.100
1651 1.580
1750 2.892
1815 4.713
1837 5.583
1860 5.681
1890 4.687
1895 4.760
Year Population
1919 4.370
1925 6.435
1939 7.083
1949 10.671
1961 9.500
1972 9.982
1998 13.800

Mayors

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsdichte der kreisfreien Städte und Landkreise - Stand 31.12.2010" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. July 2011. http://www.lskn.niedersachsen.de/download/59963. 
  2. ^ Jansen: Löningen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 1998, S. 35 ff
  3. ^ Jansen: Löningen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 1998, S. 203 ff
  4. ^ Jansen: Löningen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 1998