Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E / 52.54333°N 7.87083°E / 52.54333; 7.87083

Ankum

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Ankum
Location of Ankum within Osnabrück district
Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E / 52.54333°N 7.87083°E / 52.54333; 7.87083
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictOsnabrück
Municipal assoc.Bersenbrück
Government
 • MayorDetert Brummer-Bange
Area
 • Total
66.32 km2 (25.61 sq mi)
Elevation
54 m (177 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
8,035
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49577
Dialling codes05462
Vehicle registrationOS
Websitewww.ankum.de

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. 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

  • Georg Preuße (born 1950), actor
  • Heinrich Arminius Rattermann (1832-1923), writer, historian, entrepreneur

References

  1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
File:Ankum, Artländer Dom foto4 2008-07-16 14.26.JPG
Ankum, church: Artländer Dom