The Dinkel is a

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and the

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, left tributary of the Vecht. Its total length is , of which in Germany. The Dinkel originates in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

, Germany, between Ahaus and

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. It flows north to Gronau, crosses the border with the Netherlands (

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), flows through Losser, Denekamp, and recrosses the border to Germany (

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). The Dinkel joins the

Vechte The Vechte (, ) or Vecht (), often called Overijsselse Vecht () in the Netherlands to avoid confusion with Vecht (Utrecht), its Utrecht counterpart, is a river in Germany and the Netherlands. Its total length is , of which is in Germany. The Ve ...

Neuenhaus Neuenhaus (; ) is a town in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, and is the seat of a like-named collective municipality Neuenhaus. Neuenhaus lies on the rivers Dinkel and Vechte near the border with the Netherlands and is rou ...

Jacob van Ruisdael Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (; 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achie ...

depicted the landscape of the Dinkel and its watermills near Denekamp in his work

Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven ''Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven'' (c. 1650) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the National Gallery. Th ...

. These watermills still exist. In the Netherlands the river gave name to the village of

Overdinkel Overdinkel is a village in the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands, in the municipality of Losser. It is named for the nearby river Dinkel. Its population in 2012 was 4,255. The territories of the Netherlands and the German ''Länder'' of Nor ...

and to the municipality of

Dinkelland Dinkelland () is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. For a short time it was known as Denekamp (one of its component towns) until it was renamed in 2002. Population centres Notable people * Johan Jongkind (1819 in Lattrop – 1891) a ...

. Near Denekamp some of the waters of the Dinkel are used to regulate the levels of the Almelo-Nordhorn canal.

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Heek, de Dinkel foto7 2016-04-03 15.08.jpg, The Dinkel near Heek Gronau Dinkel.jpg, The Dinkel in Gronau Dinkel Lutterzand 2.jpg, near

De Lutte De Lutte is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Losser.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. It is located close to the border between the Netherlands and Germ ...

RivierDinkel.JPG, The Dinkel in Lutterzand Denekamp Dinkel Onderleider.JPG, near Denekamp

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{{Reflist Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of Overijssel Dinkelland Losser Rivers of the Netherlands Rivers of Germany International rivers of Europe

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