METTINGEN

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

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Geography

Neighbouring places

Notable persons

External links

Geography

Mettingen is situated approx. 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.

Notable persons

The founders of the textile company C&A, Clemens and August Brenninkmeyer, were born in Mettingen. Also Annika Suthe, participant of the 2004 Summer Olympics (javelin throw) was born there.

External links

★ Official site