Wietmarschen (pronounced Veet-MAR-shen) is a town in Western Plains, in the west part of Lower Saxony in Germany.
Understand
[edit]It is home to about 13,000 people (statistical updating, 31 December 2023)
It is split into the villages of Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne. Lohne is the biggest village and has the town hall while Wietmarschen is the second biggest.
Get in
[edit]Wietmarschen lies roughly 8 km west of Lingen, and 13 km northeast of Nordhorn.
By bus
[edit]- Bus line 161: Lingen — Nordlohne — Lohne — Lohnerbruch — Wietmarschen — Füchtenfeld
- Bus line 165: Lingen — Nordlohne — Lohne — Rükel — Südlohne — Klausheide — Nordhorn
By train
[edit]Nearest railway stations:
- Lingen (Ems) for Meppen, Leer, Emden, Rheine, Münster
- Intercity: Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe
- Bad Bentheim for Rheine, Osnabrück, Bielefeld, Hengelo (Netherlands),
- Intercity: Hanover, Berlin, Amsterdam (Schiphol)
Get around
[edit]See
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- 1 Stift Wietmarschen, Klostergang 7, ☏ +49 5925 624. A restored historic nunnery area behind the church.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Grillstube Maersmann, Hauptstraße 68, ☏ +49 5908 937525.
- 2 Hotel & Gaststatte Heilemann, Neuenhauser Str. 4, ☏ +49 5925 255.
