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Diepholz

Coordinates: 52°36′26″N 8°22′16″E / 52.60722°N 8.37111°E / 52.60722; 8.37111
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Diepholz
Town
Coat of arms of Diepholz
Coat of arms
Location of Diepholz within Diepholz district
Diepholz (district)Lower SaxonyNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-WestphaliaOsnabrück (district)Nienburg (district)BremenDelmenhorstVerden (district)Vechta (district)Oldenburg (district)Cloppenburg (district)StemshornLemfördeQuernheimBrockumMarlQuernheimHüdeLembruchDümmerDiepholzDrebberBarnstorfWetschenDickelRehdenHemslohBarverFreistattWehrbleckBahrenborstelVarrelKirchdorfWagenfeldBarenburgBarenburgEydelstedtSulingenDrentwedeScholenEhrenburgNeuenkirchenMaasenBorstelSiedenburgMellinghausenStaffhorstSchwafördenAsendorfAffinghausenSudwaldeSchwarmeMartfeldBruchhausen-VilsenTwistringenBassumSykeWeyheStuhr
Diepholz is located in Germany
Diepholz
Diepholz
Diepholz is located in Lower Saxony
Diepholz
Diepholz
Coordinates: 52°36′26″N 8°22′16″E / 52.60722°N 8.37111°E / 52.60722; 8.37111
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictDiepholz
Government
 • MayorFlorian Marré[1]
Area
 • Total104.45 km2 (40.33 sq mi)
Elevation
37 m (121 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total17,685
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49356
Dialling codes0 54 41
Vehicle registrationDH
Websitewww.stadt-diepholz.de

Diepholz (German pronunciation: [ˈdiːphɔlts]) is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen.

It was the capital of the sovereign County of Diepholz and the principal seat of the Noble Lords, later Counts, of Diepholz.

Notable people

Notable people associated with Diepholz include:

  • Rudolf van Diepholt (c. 1390–1455), bishop of Utrecht and bishop of Osnabrück
  • Fritz Klatte (1880–1934), German chemist and the discoverer of polyvinyl acetate
  • Eva Leo (1901 in Diepholz – 10 April 1998 in Dubuque, Iowa), German Master Metal Sculptor
  • Zygfryd Kuchta (born 1944), Polish handball player
  • Georg Moller (1784–1852), architect and town planner who worked in the South of Germany, mostly in the region today known as Hesse
  • Marianne of Sweden (died after 1285), Swedish Princess and countess consort of Diepholz by marriage to Rudolf, Count of Diepholz, whom she married in Nyköping in Södermanland in 1285.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.stadt-diepholz.de/rathaus/rathaus/der-buergermeister/
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.


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