Cloppenburg (district)

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Cloppenburg

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Cloppenburg } } |- | Area:||1418 km² |- | Inhabitants:||154,559 (2004) |- | pop. density:||109 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||CLP |- | Homepage:||http://www.lkclp.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Cloppenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ammerland, Oldenburg, Vechta, Osnabrück, Emsland and Leer. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat-of-arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The region was part of the county of Tecklenburg in medieval times. It was then for a long time (1400-1803) property of the bishop of Münster. In 1803 it was annexed by Oldenburg and remained a part of Oldenburg until 1945. The district was established in 1933. Geography The district comprises the western portion of a historical region called Oldenburgisches Münsterland, which means "lands of Oldenburg formerly held by Münster". It is a plain countryside, which was originally swampy and full of tiny rivers and brooks. Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms displays: top left and top right: the cross as well as the red stripes are part of the arms of Oldenburg bottom left: three water lilly leaves made up the arms of Tecklenburg bottom right: red and yellow are the colours of Münster Its blazon is: "Quarterly; I: Or, two bars Gules; II: Azure, a cross Or; III: Argent, three water lily leaves Gules; IV: Or, a fess Gules". Towns and municipalities Towns Municipalities Cloppenburg Friesoythe Löningen Barßel Bösel Cappeln Emstek Essen Garrel Lastrup Lindern Molbergen Saterland External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities Brunswick | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg Rural districts Ammerland | Aurich | Grafschaft Bentheim | Celle | Cloppenburg | Cuxhaven | Diepholz | Emsland | Friesland | Gifhorn | Goslar | Göttingen | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Harburg | Helmstedt | Hildesheim | Holzminden | Leer | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg | Nienburg | Northeim | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Osterholz | Osterode | Peine | Rotenburg | Schaumburg | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stade | Uelzen | Vechta | Verden | Wesermarsch | Wittmund | Wolfenbüttel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: