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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Diepholz

Postal codes
  
49356

Area
  
104.4 km²

Postal code
  
49356

Number of airports
  
1

State
  
Lower Saxony

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
0 54 41

Population
  
16,553 (31 Dec 2008)

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:10 PM

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Weather
  
4°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 90% Humidity

Diepholz ( [ˈdiːphɔlts]) is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen.

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Map of 49356 Diepholz, Germany

It was the capital of the sovereign County of Diepholz and the principal seat of the Noble Lords, later Counts, of Diepholz.

Notable people

Notable people associated with Diepholz include:

  • Rudolf van Diepholt (c. 1390-1455), bishop of Utrecht and bishop of Osnabrück
  • Fritz Klatte (1880-1934), German chemist and the discoverer of polyvinyl acetate
  • Zygfryd Kuchta (born 1944), Polish handball player
  • Georg Moller (1784–1852), architect and town planner who worked in the South of Germany, mostly in the region today known as Hesse
  • Marianne of Sweden (died after 1285), Swedish Princess and countess consort of Diepholz by marriage to Rudolf, Count of Diepholz. She married Rudolf, Count of Diepholz, in Nyköping in Södermanland in 1285.

    • References

    Diepholz Wikipedia
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