Vechta

Vechta is the capital and largest city of the in , . It is home to the University of Vechta. It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every summer and has a history dating back to 1298.
  • Town with about 33,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • Description: town in the German state of Lower Saxony, and capital of Vechta District

Places of Interest

Discover Vechta station and Gulf house.
Railway station
Vechta is a railway station located in Vechta, .
Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Community center
A , also called a gulf farmhouse or East…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langförden and Bakum.
is a suburb.
6 km north of Vechta
is a municipality in the , in , Germany.
7 km west of Vechta
is a town in the , in , .
8 km southwest of Vechta
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Latitude
52.73107° or 52° 43′ 52″ north
Longitude
8.28732° or 8° 17′ 14″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Vechta” goes by many names.
فشتاArabic
VechtaAragonese
VechtaAsturian
VechtaBasque
ФехтаBelarusian
ФехтаBulgarian
VechtaCatalan
VechtaCebuano
ФехтаChechen
費希塔Chinese
费希塔Chinese
VechtaCzech
VechtaDanish
VechtaDutch
فشتاEgyptian Arabic
VechtaEsperanto
VechtaEstonian
VechtaFinnish
ΦέχταGreek
VechtaHungarian
VechtaInterlingue
VechtaIrish
VechtaItalian
フェヒタJapanese
ФехтаKazakh
ФехтаKirghiz
VechtaKurdish
VechtaLadin
VechteLow German
VechtaMalay
ФэхтаMoksha
VechtaNorwegian
VechtaNorwegian Bokmål
VechtaNorwegian Nynorsk
VechtaOccitan (post 1500)
فشتاPersian
VechtaPolish
VechtaRomanian
ФехтаRussian
ФехтаSerbian
VechtaSerbo-Croatian
VechtaSlovak
فشتاSouth Azerbaijani
VechtaSwedish
ФехтаTatar
VechtaTumbuka
VechtaTurkish
ФехтаUkrainian
ویچٹاUrdu
VechtaUzbek
VechtaVietnamese
VechtaVolapük
VechtaWaray (Philippines)
VechtaWelsh

Localities in the Area

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Curious Places to Discover

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Lower Saxony: Highlights

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