Cloppenburg, Administrative district in Lower Saxony, Germany
Description
Cloppenburg is an administrative district in Lower Saxony situated between Bremen and the Dutch border. The area comprises several municipalities and features a rural character defined by extensive agricultural lands and open countryside.
History
The territory was part of the County of Tecklenburg during medieval times and later came under the rule of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. This ecclesiastical administration shaped the region until the early 1800s.
Culture
The district maintains strong Catholic traditions within predominantly Protestant Lower Saxony, influencing local demographics with higher birth rates than surrounding regions.
Practical
The region is accessible via the A1 motorway connecting the Ruhr area with Bremen and Hamburg. Federal highway B213 provides additional routes for exploring the individual towns throughout the district.
Did you know?
The area is known for intensive livestock farming with numerous farms raising turkeys and pigs. This concentration of production has earned the region the nickname pig belt.
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Wehlburg
4.4 km
Donnerhall
37.6 km
Thülsfelder Stausee
10.7 km
Cloppenburg Museum Village
4 km
Oldenburg Castle
37.2 km
Tier- und Freizeitpark Thüle
15.3 km
EWE Arena
38.4 km
St Lamberti Church
37.2 kmAlte Pathologie Wehnen
38.9 km
Gedenkstätte Esterwegen
31.2 km
Esterweger Dose
34.3 km
Lappan
37.7 km
Horst Janssen Museum
37.8 km
Cäcilienbrücke
36.8 kmOsternburger Utkiek
35.6 km
Ahlhorner Fischteiche
14.4 km
Oldenburg
17.4 km
Mausoleum
38.3 km
Degodehaus
37.3 km
Pulverturm
37.1 km
St. Mary, Mother of Seven Sorrows
5.6 km
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
37.2 km
Quatmannshof
3.9 km
State library Oldenburg
38.1 km
Weser-Ems Halle
38.5 km
Artland-Arena
17.1 km
St. Peter
37.6 km
Augusteum
37 km
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