Losser () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

and a town in the eastern

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. It is at the eastern end of the A1 motorway.

Population centres

Losser

The oldest known reference to Losser dates from the tenth century.Stenvert, R. et al. (1998). ''Monumenten in Nederland: Overijssel'', p. 213–215, 240. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. . Originally, the village consisted of two separate parts. Both were almost completely destroyed when on 21 September 1665, troops from

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set fire to them.Buisman, J. (2000). ''Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de lage landen: 1575–1675'', p. 597. Franeker: Van Wijnen. . One of the town's oldest buildings is the Martinustoren (St. Martin's Tower), dating from around 1500 and the only remaining part of a church demolished in 1903.

Geography

A few kilometers west of De Lutte, close to the border with

Oldenzaal Oldenzaal (; Tweants: ''Oldnzel'') is a municipality and a city in the eastern province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. It is part of the region of Twente and is close to the German border. It received city rights in 1249. Historically, the ...

, lies the Tankenberg, a hill the top of which (85 m) is the highest point in the province. (For myths of the Tankenberg, see Tanfana.) The municipality's most important body of water is the river Dinkel.

Sister cities

Losser is twinned with:

Notable people

* Pi de Bruijn (born 1942 in Losser) a Dutch architect * Kim Kötter (born 1982 in Losser) a Dutch director, model and beauty pageant titleholder IMDb Database
retrieved 04 October 2019 * Moniek Nijhuis (born 1988 in Overdinkel) a Dutch swimmer, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gallery

File:Martinustoren Losser.jpg, Martin's Tower File:Losser, de Hervormde kerk RM26296 foto1 2013-04-22 17.08.jpg, Reformed church File:Losser, de Sint Martinuskerk foto8 2013-04-22 17.01.jpg, Church: de Sint Martinuskerk File:Overdinkel, Roomskatholieke Kerk.jpg, Overdinkel, Rooms katholieke Kerk

References

External links

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Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of Overijssel Populated places in Overijssel Twente