Mettingen

Mettingen
Coat of arms
Mettingen
Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Government
• Mayor	Christina Rählmann
Area
• Total	40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,815
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	49497
Dialling codes	05452
Vehicle registration	ST
Website	www.mettingen.de

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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 side of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen.

Sons and daughters of the community

• Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1818-1902), co-founder of the worldwide active company C&A
• August Brenninkmeyer (1819-1892), co-founder of the worldwide active company C&A
• 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

• Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1932)
• Franz Brenninkmeyer (1969)
• Theodor Kersting (1973)
• Josef Wiese (2005)

References

External links

• Official site (in German)