Cloppenburg (district)

Cloppenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ammerland, Oldenburg, Vechta, Osnabrück, Emsland and Leer.

Contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat-of-arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

History

The region was part of the county of Tecklenburg in medieval times. It was then for a long time (1400-1803) property of the bishop of Münster. In 1803 it was annexed by Oldenburg and remained a part of Oldenburg until 1945.

The district was established in 1933.

Geography

The district comprises the western portion of a historical region called Oldenburgisches Münsterland, which means "lands of Oldenburg formerly held by Münster". It is a plain countryside, which was originally swampy and full of tiny rivers and brooks.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms displays: top left and top right: the cross as well as the red stripes are part of the arms of Oldenburg bottom left: three water lilly leaves made up the arms of Tecklenburg bottom right: red and yellow are the colours of Münster Its blazon is: "Quarterly; I: Or, two bars Gules; II: Azure, a cross Or; III: Argent, three water lily leaves Gules; IV: Or, a fess Gules".

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Cloppenburg Friesoythe Löningen	Barßel Bösel Cappeln Emstek Essen	Garrel Lastrup Lindern Molbergen Saterland

External links

• Official website (German)