Lingen (), officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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. In 2008, its population was 52,353, and in addition there were about 5,000 people who registered the city as their secondary residence. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" is located on the river Ems in the southern part of the

Emsland Landkreis Emsland () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Steinf ...

District, which borders

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

in the south and the

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in the west.

History

Lingen was first mentioned in the Middle Ages (975 AD).

Economy and education

Lingen is known for its offshore- and

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(

Emsland Nuclear Power Plant Emsland Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear reactor located in the district of Emsland, Germany just south of the Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. The reactor has 193 fuel elements totaling a core weight of 103 tons. It is a Konvoi type reactor. It ...

). The University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck has set up a branch campus, located in the centre of Lingen, with the three Institutes for Management and Engineering, Communications Management and Teaching of Theatre. In 2000 the institutes in Lingen merged into the Faculty of Society and Technology. In 2010 there are expected to be about 2,000 students attending.

Climate

On 25 July 2019, Lingen set the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded within Germany with a daytime high temperature of 42.6 degrees

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(109 degrees

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) during a

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affecting much of Europe.

Twin towns – sister cities

Lingen is twinned with: *

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, Poland *

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, France * Marienberg, Germany *

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Transport

* Lingen (Ems)

Notable people

Eberhard von Danckelmann Eberhard Christoph Balthasar Freiherr von Danckelmann (23 November 1643 – 31 March 1722) was a German official who served as Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1692 to 1697. Danckelmann was born in Lingen to a middle-class family whi ...

(1643–1722), Prime Minister of

Brandenburg-Prussia Brandenburg-Prussia (german: Brandenburg-Preußen; ) is the historiographic denomination for the early modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701. Based in the Electorate of Brandenburg, the main branch of the Hohe ...

from 1692 to 1697 * Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (c.1691–c.1747), German-American Dutch-Reformed minister and theologian *

Konrad Beckhaus Konrad Friedrich Ludwig Beckhaus (18 August 1821, Lingen – 13 August 1890, Höxter) was a German Protestant clergyman and botanist. He studied theology in Halle, Tübingen and Berlin, subsequently becoming a ''Hilfsprediger'' (curate) in the ci ...

(1821–1890), Protestant clergyman and botanist * Joseph Rosemeyer (1872–1919), track cyclist, competed at the

1896 Summer Olympics The 1896 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 1is Ol ...

*Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), Bishop of Osnabrück in 1914–1955 *

Herms Niel Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann Nielebock (17 April 1888 – 16 July 1954),
''Munzinger'' Internationales Biographisches Ar ...

(1888–1954), composer of military songs and marches, lived and died there *

Bernd Rosemeyer Bernd Rosemeyer (14 October 1909 – 28 January 1938) was a German racing driver and speed record holder. He is considered one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. Though he was not a member of the Nazi party, he was made a member of the ...

(1909–1938), racing car driver * Harry Kramer (1925–1997), sculptor, choreographer, dancer and professor of art *

Beatrix Borchard Beatrix Borchard (born 1950) is a German musicologist and author. The focus of her publications is the life and work of female and male musicians, such as Clara and Robert Schumann, Amalie and Joseph Joachim, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, and Adriana ...

(born 1950), musicologist and author *

Peter van Roye Peter van Roye (born 30 May 1950) is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lingen Lingen (), officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008, its population was 5 ...

(born 1950), rower * Wilfried Telkämper (born 1953), MEP, Vice President of the

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1989–1992 * Reinhold Hilbers (born 1964), politician (CDU) * Jens Gieseke (born 1971), politician (CDU),

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Christian Drosten Christian Heinrich Maria Drosten (, born 1972) is a German virologist whose research focus is on novel viruses ''(emergent viruses)''. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Drosten came to national prominence as an expert on the implications and actions ...

(born 1972), virologist *

Ingo Schultz Ingo Schultz (born 26 July 1975) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. Career Schultz was born in Lingen. He took up athletics in 1997, and ran his first 400 metres race in 1998, clocking in 49.45 second ...

(born 1975), 400 metres runner *

Michael Rensing Michael Rensing (born 14 May 1984) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has played for Bayern Munich, 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Club career Early career Born to a German father and a Serbia ...

(born 1984), footballer

References

External links

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students website
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