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'Lingen' is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2005 the population was 51,318 in addition about 5,000 secondary residents. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" [1], is located on the river Ems in the southern part of the Emsland county and district respectively, which is bordering to North Rhine-Westphalia in the south and to the Netherlands in the west.
Lingen was first mentioned in medieval times (975 A.D.).
More recently Lingen is known for its offshore- and nuclear industry (nuclear power plants), but also for its beautiful nature alongside the river Ems. The University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck has set up a branch campus, located right in the centre of Lingen, with the three Institutes for Management and Engineering, Communications Management and Teaching of Theatre. In 2000 the institutes in Lingen merged into the Faculty of Society and Technology. 2010 there will be about 2000 students attending.

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Twin cities

Famous Lingeners

External links

Twin cities

Lingen has five twin cities:

★ - Burton upon Trent (East Staffordshire), England, UK

★ - Bielawa (''Langenbielau''), Poland

★ - Marienberg, Saxony

★ - Salt, Spain

★ - Elbeuf sur Seine, France

Famous Lingeners

★ Dr. Hermann Wilhelm Berning (
★ 1877; † 1955), archbishop, Bishop of Osnabrueck (1914 - 1955)

★ Theo Lingen (
★ 1903; † 1978), real name Franz Theodor Schmitz, actor and director, assume the name of the city of his father; friend of the German poet Berthold Brecht

★ Bernd Rosemeyer (
★ 1909; † 1938), race driver

★ Annette Koop (
★ 1958), runner, several times World- and Europeanchampion in masters athletics

★ Ingo Schultz (
★ 1975), athlete 400m, runner-up Worldchampionship 2001, Edmonton (CAN), European Champion 2003 Munich, Germany

★ Stefan Wessels (
★ 1979), goalkeeper (1.FC Köln)

★ Michael Rensing (
★ 1984), goalkeeper (Bayern Munich)

★ Annette Focks composer, awarded 2005 Deutscher Fernsehpreis

External links

★ Official website (German)

★ students website (German)