Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Statistics State: Lower Saxony Adm. Region: Weser-Ems Capital: Cloppenburg Area: 1418 km² Inhabitants: 152,200 (2002) pop. density: 107 inh./km² Car identification: CLP Website: lkclp.de Map Cloppenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ammerland, Oldenburg, Vechta, Osnabrück, Emsland and Leer. Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The region was part of the county of Tecklenburg in medieval times. It was then for a long time (1400-1803) property of the bishop of Münster. In 1803 it was annexed by Oldenburg and remained a part of Oldenburg until 1945. The district was established in 1933. Geography The district comprises the western portion of a historical region called Oldenburgisches Münsterland, which means "lands of Oldenburg formerly held by Münster". It is a plain countryside, which was originally swampy and full of tiny rivers and brooks. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: top left and top right: the cross as well as the red stripes are part of the arms of Oldenburg bottom left: three water lilly leaves made up the arms of Tecklenburg bottom right: red and yellow are the colours of Münster Towns and municipalities Cloppenburg Friesoythe Löningen Municipalities Barßel Bösel Cappeln Emstek Essen Garrel Lastrup Lindern Molbergen Saterland   External links Official website (German) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.