Cloppenburg
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, capital of Cloppenburg District
Cloppenburg (district)
Cloppenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Ammerland, Oldenburg, Vechta, Osnabrück, Emsland and Leer....
. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
in the Weser-Ems
Weser-Ems
Weser-Ems was the most westerly of the four Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Germany, bordering the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel...
region between Bremen and the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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
Oldenburg (state)
Oldenburg — named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg — was a state in the north of present-day Germany. Oldenburg survived from 1180 until 1918 as a county, duchy and grand duchy, and from 1918 until 1946 as a free state. It was located near the mouth of the River Weser...
. 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
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
is the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg Museum Village
The Cloppenburg Museum Village and Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum in the Lower Saxon county town of Cloppenburg is the oldest museum village in Germany. The museum is a research and educational establishment in the field of cultural and countryside history....
, a collection of old buildings from the region that were dismanteled and reassembled in the museum.
People
- Werner BaumbachWerner BaumbachWerner Baumbach was a bomber pilot in the German Luftwaffe during World War II and commander of the secret bomber wing Kampfgeschwader 200...
(1916–1953), bomber pilot in World War II - (Werner Berges) (born 1941), painter
- Manfred ZapatkaManfred ZapatkaManfred Zapatka is a German actor.-Early life:Zapatka completed his abitur at Clemens-August-Gymnasium in Cloppenburg in 1962.-Selected filmography:*1965 Das Lamm *1978 Germany in Autumn...
(born 1942), actor - Lena GerckeLena GerckeLena Johanna Gercke, better known as Lena Gercke , is a German fashion model and television host. She was winner of the first cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.-Modelling career:...
(born 1988), model