Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA.
Ankum | |
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Location of Ankum within Osnabrück district | |
Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E / 52.54333°N 7.87083°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Osnabrück |
Municipal assoc. | Bersenbrück |
Government | |
• Mayor | Detert Brummer-Bange |
Area | |
• Total | 66.32 km2 (25.61 sq mi) |
Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 8,035 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 49577 |
Dialling codes | 05462 |
Vehicle registration | OS |
Website | www.ankum.de |
The parish Ankum includes the municipalities Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal Eggermühlen; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Kettenkamp, Nortrup-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Tütingen, Westerholte.
Today the unless otherwise stated municipalities constitute the village Ankum.
People
edit- Georg Preuße (born 1950), actor
- Heinrich Arminius Rattermann (1832-1923), writer, historian, entrepreneur
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