Mettingen is a municipality in the
district of Steinfurt, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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.
Geography
Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of
Rheine and 20 km west of
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
.
Neighbouring places
Neighbour villages of Mettingen are
Recke in the west,
Neuenkirchen, (
Lower Saxony
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) in the north,
Ibbenbüren in the south and
Westerkappeln in the east.
Economy
The production site of the frozen cakes manufacturer
Coppenrath & Wiese
Coppenrath & Wiese KG () is a German food company that is one of the largest manufacturers of frozen bakery products in Europe. The company mainly produces frozen pies, cakes, tortes, tarts and bread rolls. The head office is in Osnabrück. I ...
is based in Mettingen. Until 2018 Mettingen had one of the last two active
coal mines in Germany.
People from Mettingen
*
Felix Lobrecht (born 1988), German stand-up comedian, podcast host, and author.
* Clemens (1818–1902) and August (1819–1892)
Brenninkmeijer brothers who co-founded department store
C&A in
Sneek
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, The Netherlands
* Josef Wiese (1932–2009), co-founder of Coppenrath & Wiese
*
Kasper König (1943–2024), from 2000 until the end of October 2012 director of the ''Museum Ludwig'', art professor and curator
*
Peter Niemeyer (born 1983), German footballer
*
Annika Suthe (born 1985), German spearhead, 2004 Olympian and Junior European champion
Honorary citizens
* Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1932)
* Franz Brenninkmeyer (1969)
* Theodor Kersting (1973)
* Josef Wiese (2005)
References
External links
*
Steinfurt (district)
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