Bentheim

Grafschaft Bentheim
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Nordhorn
Area
• Total	981 km^2 (379 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)[1]
• Total	133,678
• Density	140/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	NOH
Website	grafschaft.de

County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Dutch provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe, the district of Emsland, and the districts of Steinfurt and Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Railway station Bad Bentheim

History

The District has roughly the same territory as the County of Bentheim, a state of the Holy Roman Empire that was dissolved in 1803.

Geography

The small District of Bentheim protrudes into Dutch territory. The Vechte River (Dutch Vecht) traverses the district from south to north and flows into the Netherlands.

Coat of arms

The arms are identical to the arms of the historic County of Bentheim. The origin of these arms is unknown.

Cities and municipalities

Cities	Samtgemeinden
Bad Bentheim Nordhorn Free municipalities Wietmarschen	1. Emlichheim Emlichheim^1 Hoogstede Laar Ringe 2. Neuenhaus Esche Georgsdorf Lage Neuenhaus^1, 2 Osterwald	3. Schüttorf Engden Isterberg Ohne Quendorf Samern Schüttorf^1, 2 4. Uelsen Getelo Gölenkamp Halle Itterbeck Uelsen^1 Wielen Wilsum
	^1seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

References

1. Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)

External links

• Official website (German)

Coordinates: 52°25′N 7°05′E / 52.42°N 7.08°E