Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in

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. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA. The parish Ankum includes the municipalities Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal

Eggermühlen Eggermühlen is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and ...

; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipality

, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipality

Bersenbrück Bersenbrück (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bessenbrügge'') is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 30 km north of Osnabrück. Bersenbrück is the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ...

, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipality

Kettenkamp Kettenkamp is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and th ...

Nortrup Nortrup is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Mayor Leonhard Renze was elected in April 1993. He was the successor of Reinhold Gieseke. Renze was in office till 2016. Since 2016 Karl-Heinz Budke is the new ma ...

-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipality

, Tütingen, Westerholte. Today the unless otherwise stated municipalities constitute the village Ankum.

People

Georg Preuße Georg Preuße (Pseudonym Mary Morgan) (born 24 August 1950 in Ankum) is a German actor and drag performer. Life After school in Ankum, Preuße became a radio and television engineer. He later started performing in shows and clubs as an actor E ...

(born 1950), actor * Heinrich Arminius Rattermann (1832-1923), writer, historian, entrepreneur

References

Osnabrück (district) {{Osnabrück-geo-stub