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Country
  
Admin. region
  
Elevation
  
45 m (148 ft)

Population
  
35,668 (30 Jun 2014)

District
  
Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Friday 9:44 AM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 86% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Tiergehege Emsdetten, Wannenmacher‑Museum, August‑Holländer‑Museum, Emsdettener Venn

Emsdetten is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Map of Emsdetten, Germany

Geography

Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems, approx. 13 kilometres (8 miles) south-east of Rheine and 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Münster.

Division of the town

Emsdetten consists of 8 districts:

2006 school shooting

On 20 November 2006, 18-year-old former student Bastian Bosse entered the Geschwister Scholl School, fired several shots and set off smoke grenades. He injured 22 people before killing himself by a shot into the mouth. Even though there were no other fatalities, the shooting was considered the deadliest school shooting in the history of Germany since the Erfurt massacre; this position is now held by the Winnenden school shooting.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Emsdetten is twinned with:

  • Chojnice, Poland
  • Hengelo, The Netherlands
  • Notable people

  • Kathrin Vogler - (born 1963), politician, MdB
  • Atze Schröder – (born 1965), comedian
  • Valerie Niehaus – (born 1974), actress
  • Christina Schulze-Föcking - (born 1976), Politician, MdL NRW
  • Tim Wieskötter – (born 1979), sprint canoeistcanoeing Olympiaplayer 2004, canoe world champion 2005 (two kayak, together with Ronald Rauhe)
  • Lutz Altepost – (born 1981), sprint canoeist canoe world champion 2005 (as a beater in kayak quads over 1000 m), silver in one kayak behind Nathan Baggaley
  • Benjamin Behrla - (born 1985), judoka
  • References

    Emsdetten Wikipedia