Löningen
title: "Löningen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-lower-saxony", "cloppenburg-(district)"] topic_path: "general/towns-in-lower-saxony" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Löningen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Stadt |
| name | Löningen |
| image_flag | Flagge Löningen.svg |
| image_coa | DEU Löningen COA.svg |
| image_photo | Löningen6.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the town |
| coordinates | |
| image_plan | Löningen in CLP.svg |
| state | Lower Saxony |
| district | Cloppenburg |
| elevation | 24 |
| area | 143 |
| postal_code | 49624 |
| area_code | 0 54 32 |
| licence | CLP |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 03 4 53 011 |
| website | www.loeningen.de |
| mayor | Burkhard Sibbe |
| leader_term | 2021–26 |
| :: |
|type = Stadt |name = Löningen |image_flag = Flagge Löningen.svg |image_coa = DEU Löningen COA.svg |image_photo = Löningen6.jpg |image_caption = View of the town |coordinates = |image_plan = Löningen in CLP.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Cloppenburg |elevation = 24 |area = 143 |postal_code = 49624 |area_code = 0 54 32 |licence = CLP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 53 011 |website = www.loeningen.de |mayor = Burkhard Sibbe |leader_term = 2021–26 |party = Löningen () is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the river Hase, approx. 25 km southwest of Cloppenburg.
History
Löningen originally appeared in 822 as Loingo. The name Löningen was mentioned first in 1147 in a letter to the Bishop von Hildesheim, when the area of Löningen belonged to the Corvey Abbey. Beginning in 1200 Löningen belonged to the Count von Tecklenburg. The diocese Münster absorbed Löningen beginning in 1400. In 1803, church rule ended and Löningen belonged to the Duchy of Oldenburg. From 1810 to 1813 Löningen belonged to the Arrondissement Quakenbrück. After the battle of Leipzig, Löningen returned to Oldenburg.
In 1814 the Duchy of Oldenburg was divided into 25 offices, one of which became Löningen. This was dissolved 1879 and Löningen was assigned to the district of Cloppenburg.
During the World War II, the first bombs in the Löningen area fell in 1940, and in 1945 the Löningen district courthouse was destroyed by bombing. On the 10th and 11 April 1945 British troops arrived and surrounded the German troops on three sides — after which the German troops retreated.
The municipal laws of Löningen were codified on 1 March 1982.
Economy
Main companies in Löningen are German company Remmers, producer of wood preservation colours/solutions, German company Schnetkamp, producer of potatoe products like french fries, and German company Graepel, producer of steal/aluminum products.
Population
::data[format=table] | Year || Population | |---| | 1549 | | 1651 | | 1750 | | 1815 | | 1837 | | 1860 | | 1890 | | 1895 | ::
| style="vertical-align:top;" | ::data[format=table] | Year || Population | |---| | 1919 | | 1925 | | 1939 | | 1949 | | 1961 | | 1972 | | 1998 | ::
|}
Mayors
- 1890-1917: August Burlage (Zentrum)
- before 1945: Heinrich Holthaus
- 1946: priest Arlinghaus
- 1951–1952: Bernard Berges
- 1952–1960: Wilhelm Bischoff, (CDU)
- 1960–1972: Adolf Richard, (CDU)
- 1972–1986: Kurt Schmücker, (CDU)
- 1986–1991: Heinrich Wesselmann, (CDU)
- 1991–1997: Clemens Winkler, (CDU)
- 1997–2001: Hermann Vorholt, (CDU)
- 2001-2014: Thomas Städtler, Independent
- 2014–2021: Marcus Willen, (CDU)
- since 2021: Burkhard Sibbel
Notable people
- Kurt Schmücker (1919-1996), politician (CDU)
- Silvia Breher (born 1973), politician (CDU)
- Torge Hollmann (born 1982), football player
- Marco di Carli (born 1985), swimmer
References
References
- (13 October 2021). "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021". [[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]].
- Jansen: ''Löningen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart'', 1998, S. 35 ff
- Jansen: ''Löningen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart'', 1998, S. 203 ff
- Jansen: ''Löningen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart'', 1998
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