Cloppenburg (district)

Cloppenburg (German: [ˈklɔpm̩ˌbʊʁk] ; Low German: Cloppenborg; Saterland Frisian: Kloppenbuurich [ˈklɔpənˌbuːrɪx]) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg. Another major road is the federal highway B213 being the shortest link from the Netherlands to the A1 and thus to Bremen and Hamburg. The town had strong cultural links with St Munchins Parish in Limerick, Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s. During this period many groups of teens/young adults from both areas visited and were hosted by families from the other area.

The Cloppenburg Museum Village and Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum (German: Museumsdorf Cloppenburg – Niedersächsisches Freilichtmuseum) located in the Lower Saxon county town of Cloppenburg is the oldest museum village in Germany. The museum is a research and educational establishment specializing in cultural and rural history.The Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum is a non-profit organisation. Although the museum does not set out to compete for visitors, in 2009 the Cloppenburg Museum Village had more visitors than any other museum in Lower Saxony (250,000). In 2004, the museum was visited by more than 60,000 students as a part of their school curriculum.

Bethen is a small town on the edge of the German city Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony. It is a Marian shrine, as such first mentioned in 1448.

Molbergen is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany, approximately 8 km (5 mi) west of Cloppenburg.

Varrelbusch Airport (IATA: VAC, ICAO: EDWU) is a regional airport in Germany. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.

Cappeln is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km southeast of Cloppenburg. Cappeln consists of the following rural communities: Cappeln including Dingel Tenstedt including Siehenfelde, Osterhausen, Darrenkamp and Gut Schwede Schwichteler with Nordenbrok and Schwichteler station Bokel with Wißmühlen Mintewede Elsten and Elstermoor Sevelten Warnstedt Nutteln/Tegelrieden

Garrel is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km north of Cloppenburg, and 25 km southwest of Oldenburg.

Emstek is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km east of Cloppenburg.

Artland Arena is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Quakenbrück, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 3,000 people, of which 2,812 seats are permanent, and 200 seats are temporary. It is currently home to the German League professional basketball team Artland Dragons.

Quakenbrück (Northern Low Saxon: Quokenbrügge) is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase. It is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Artland.

Artland is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated along the river Hase, approx. 45 km north of Osnabrück, and 25 km west of Vechta. Its seat is the town Quakenbrück. The Samtgemeinde Artland consists of the following municipalities: Badbergen Menslage Nortrup Quakenbrück

The Peheim transmitter is a facility used for analog and digital (DAB) FM and in former times TV transmission. It is located northeast of Peheim. The transmitter, which is often incorrectly referred to as the Cloppenburg transmitter, consists of a 220-metre-tall (720 ft) guyed lattice steel mast, which is guyed in four levels. The base of the transmitter is 43 metres (141 ft) above sea level. IThe transmitter is owned and operated by Deutsche Funkturm (DFMG).