Vechta
Vechta is the capital and largest city of the Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Vechta station and Gulf house.
Vechta station
Railway station
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Vechta is a railway station located in Vechta, Germany. The station opened on 1 October 1885 and is located on the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.
Gulf house
Community center
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
A gulf house, also called a gulf farmhouse or East Frisian house, is a type of byre-dwelling that emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries in North Germany.
Propsteikirche St. Georg (Vechta)
Church
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Propsteikirche St. Georg (Vechta) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langförden and Bakum.
Langförden
Suburb
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Langförden is a suburb, which is situated 6 km north of Vechta.
Bakum
Village
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Bakum is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Vechta district in western Lower Saxony. Bakum lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück. Bakum is situated 7 km west of Vechta.
Lohne
Town
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Lohne is a town in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located approximately 8 km south-west of Vechta. The town lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück. Lohne is situated 8 km southwest of Vechta.
Vechta
- Type: Town with 32,100 residents
- Description: town in the German state of Lower Saxony, and capital of the district of Vechta
- Categories: independent community, urban municipality in Germany, district capital, Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony, and locality
- Location: Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.73107° or 52° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
8.28732° or 8° 17′ 14″ eastPopulation
32,100Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)United Nations Location Code
DE VECOpen location code
9F4CP7JP+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 173469769OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Vechta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فشتا”
- Aragonese: “Vechta”
- Asturian: “Vechta”
- Basque: “Vechta”
- Belarusian: “Фехта”
- Bulgarian: “Фехта”
- Catalan: “Vechta”
- Cebuano: “Vechta”
- Chechen: “Фехта”
- Chinese: “費希塔”
- Chinese: “费希塔”
- Czech: “Vechta”
- Danish: “Vechta”
- Dutch: “Vechta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فشتا”
- Esperanto: “Vechta”
- Estonian: “Vechta”
- Finnish: “Vechta”
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- German: “Vechta”
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- Irish: “Vechta”
- Italian: “Vechta”
- Japanese: “フェヒタ”
- Kazakh: “Фехта”
- Kirghiz: “Фехта”
- Kurdish: “Vechta”
- Ladin: “Vechta”
- Low German: “Vechte”
- Malay: “Vechta”
- Moksha: “Фэхта”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vechta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vechta”
- Norwegian: “Vechta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vechta”
- Persian: “فشتا”
- Polish: “Vechta”
- Portuguese: “Vechta”
- Romanian: “Vechta”
- Russian: “Фехта”
- Serbian: “Фехта”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vechta”
- Slovak: “Vechta”
- South Azerbaijani: “فشتا”
- Spanish: “Vechta”
- Swedish: “Vechta”
- Tatar: “Фехта”
- Tumbuka: “Vechta”
- Turkish: “Vechta”
- Ukrainian: “Фехта”
- Uzbek: “Vechta”
- Vietnamese: “Vechta”
- Volapük: “Vechta”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vechta”
- Welsh: “Vechta”
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