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Lingen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008 the population was 52.353 in addition about 5,000 secondary residents. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" (External Link

), 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.

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

Eberhard von Danckelmann (1643-1722), statesman of Brandenburg-Prussia

Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1877-1955), Bishop of Osnabrück

Theo Lingen (1903-1978), actor and director

Bernd Rosemeyer (1909-1938), race car driver

Annette Koop (born 1958), athlete

Ingo Schultz (born 1975), sprinter

Stefan Wessels (born 1979), footballer

Michael Rensing (born 1984), footballer

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