Cloppenburg (district)

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Cloppenburg
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district Cloppenburg
State	Lower Saxony
County seat	Cloppenburg
Area	1418 km²
Population	154,559 (2004)
pop. density	109 inh./km²
Car identification	CLP
Web page	http://www.lkclp.de

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.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat-of-arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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".

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Cloppenburg Friesoythe Löningen	Barßel Bösel Cappeln Emstek Essen	Garrel Lastrup Lindern Molbergen Saterland

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany
Region	Hanover
Urban districts	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