Wallenhorst is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Wiehengebirge, approx. 10 km north of Osnabrück.
Wallenhorst | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wallenhorst within Osnabrück district  | |
  Wallenhorst  Wallenhorst | |
| Coordinates: 52°21′N 8°1′E / 52.350°N 8.017°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Osnabrück |
| Subdivisions | 4 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Otto Steinkamp[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.18 km2 (18.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 88 m (289 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 22,989 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 49134 |
| Dialling codes | 05407 |
| Vehicle registration | OS, BSB, MEL, WTL |
| Website | www.wallenhorst.de |
The New St. Alexander Church serves as a reference height for all other heights in the German Mean Height Reference System (Normalhöhennull).
Notable people
edit- Georg Budke (1900–1994), politician CDU
- Hubert Müller (1936–1995), Catholic priest, theologian and church lawyer
- Johanna Voß (born 1957), politician (The Left)
Other personalities
edit- Clemens Lammerskitten (born 1957), politician CDU
- Stefan Niggemeier (born 1969), media journalist, grew up in the Wallenhorster districts of Rulle and Lechtingen
- Horst Georg Pöhlmann (born 1933), German evangelical theologian, lives in Wallenhorst
- Irmgard Vogelsang (born 1946), politician CDU
References
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