Lengerich, Lower Saxony
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Lengerich is a municipality in the Emsland
Emsland
Landkreis Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the district of Bentheim and the Netherlands .- History :For a long time the region of the Emsland was...

 district, in Lower Saxony
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...

. It is situated approx. 15 km east of Lingen
Lingen
Lingen is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008 the population was 52,353, and in addition there are about 5,000 people who have registered the city as their secondary residence...

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Lengerich is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lengerich
Lengerich (Samtgemeinde)
Lengerich is a Samtgemeinde in the district Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the municipality Lengerich.The Samtgemeinde Lengerich consists of the following municipalities:# Bawinkel# Gersten# Handrup# Langen# Lengerich...

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