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Mettingen

Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056
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Mettingen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Mettingen
Coat of arms
Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district
North Rhine-WestphaliaBorken (district)Coesfeld (district)MünsterWarendorf (district)Lower SaxonyGrevenSaerbeckLienenLengerichLaerAltenbergeHorstmarNordwaldeLadbergenMetelenHörstelWesterkappelnIbbenbürenSteinfurtWettringenNeuenkirchenMettingenLotteHopstenOchtrupRheineReckeTecklenburgEmsdetten
Mettingen is located in Germany
Mettingen
Mettingen
Mettingen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mettingen
Mettingen
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictSteinfurt
Government
 • MayorChristina Rählmann
Area
 • Total40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total12,000
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49497
Dialling codes05452
Vehicle registrationST
Websitewww.mettingen.de

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.

Neighbouring places

Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.

Economy

The production side of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen.

Sons and daughters of the community

  • Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1818-1902), co-founder of the worldwide active company C&A
  • August Brenninkmeyer (1819-1892), co-founder of the worldwide active company C&A
  • Kasper König (born 1943), 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

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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