Western Plains
Western Plains covers the Südwestliches Niedersachsen and Diepholz district in Germany. This region is largely rural and pretty off the beaten track.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Osnabrück and Oldenburg.
Osnabrück
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Osnabrück is a city of 165,000 people in Lower Saxony. It is one of the four largest cities in Lower Saxony, and sits in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest.
Oldenburg
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Oldenburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a pleasant town with an old centre full of restaurants, cafes, and pedestrian streets, between Bremen and the Netherlands.
Delmenhorst
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Delmenhorst is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with almost 75,000 citizens. It is first cited in a document from 1247. In the late 19th century, Delmenhorst became an industrial city among other factories with the city's biggest factory, Nordwolle.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Nordhorn and Lingen.
Nordhorn
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Nordhorn, is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim, located in the southwest corner of the state, near the border of the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Lingen
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Lingen, officially Lingen, is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2024, its population was 59,896 with 2,262 people who had registered the city as their secondary residence.
Bad Bentheim
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Bad Bentheim is a town in the state of Lower Saxony. It is a picturesque medieval town that sits in a hill close to the border with the Netherlands, and a popular regional destination due to its imposing castle and its sulphur springs.
Wietmarschen
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Wietmarschen is a unitary municipality in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is split into the villages of Wietmarschen, Füchtenfeld, Schwartenpohl, Lohnerbruch, Nordlohne and Lohne with Lohne being the biggest and having the town hall while Wietmarschen, which is the second biggest, having the name.
Western Plains
- Description: area in Lower Saxony, Germany
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
52.77° or 52° 46′ 12″ northLongitude of center
8.16° or 8° 9′ 36″ eastWikidata ID
Q14925211
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In Other Languages
“Western Plains” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Pianure sassoni occidentali”
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