Engden
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Engden (German pronunciation: [ˈɛŋdn̩]) is a community in the district of the County of Bentheim in Lower Saxony.
Engden | |
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Location of Engden
within County of Bentheim district  | |
 Location of Engden | |
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| Coordinates: 52°24′N 07°11′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | County of Bentheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Schüttorf |
| Subdivisions | 2 centres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gerhard Theißing (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 44.3 km2 (17.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 420 |
| • Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 48465 |
| Dialling codes | 0 59 26 |
| Vehicle registration | NOH |
Geography
Politics
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The Katholische Kirche Abt St. Antonius (church) was built in 1899 as a neo-Romanesque brick structure.
The Dobbe warehouse may have been built about 1800 and is said to be northwest Germany’s oldest maintained rural grain distillery building, and as such it is an important industrial monument.
The Bügeleisen-Haus, or Clothes Iron House, came to be because the farmers would only relinquish to the house builder a narrow, tapered lot whose odd layout has resulted in the house's having no right angles at all. Building work began on the house “about 1900”, but it was finished only after the First World War.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Autobahnen A 31 and A 30 lie 6 km from the community and are easily reached.
Curiosity
Children from Engden go to school or kindergarten in Emsbüren, in another district.