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Location of the town of Löningen within Cloppenburg district
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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) |
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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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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.
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