Cloppenburg
| Cloppenburg | ||
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  Cloppenburg | ||
Location of Cloppenburg within Cloppenburg district 
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| Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°ECoordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Cloppenburg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Wolfgang Wiese (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 70.62 km2 (27.27 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 32,985 | |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 49661 | |
| Dialling codes | 04471 | |
| Vehicle registration | CLP | |
| Website | www.cloppenburg.de | |
Cloppenburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg. Another major road is the federal highway B213 being the shortest link from the Netherlands to the A1 and thus to Bremen and Hamburg.
The town is a centre for the largely agricultural region of southern Oldenburg. It is the administrative centre of the district and there are many schools.
However there is also some industry in town: e.g. Lumberg, (connector systems) and Derby Cycle (bikes).
Tourism
One of Cloppenburg's main tourist attractions is the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg, a collection of old buildings from the region that were dismantled and reassembled in the museum.
People
- Werner Baumbach (1916–1953), bomber pilot in World War II
- Werner Berges (born 1941), painter
- Manfred Zapatka (born 1942), actor
- Lena Gercke (born 1988), model
See also
- Straße der Megalithkultur - tourist route from Osnabrück to Oldenburg via some 33 Megalithic sites.
References
External links
Media related to Cloppenburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site (German)
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