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For the town in western Poland, see Wieleń. Also, Irsee in Bavaria and Wahlstorf in Schleswig-Holstein each have an Ortsteil by this name. See those respective articles for those places. Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
Wielen
Municipality
Location of Wielen within Grafschaft Bentheim district
Grafschaft BentheimLower SaxonyNetherlandsEmslandNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBad BentheimOhneSamernSchüttorfSchüttorfQuendorfIsterbergEngdenNordhornWietmarschenGeorgsdorfOsterwaldLageHalleUelsenGeteloWielenItterbeckWielenRingeEmlichheimLaarWilsumGölenkampEscheNeuenhausHoogstede
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Coordinates: 52°33′N 6°43′E / 52.550°N 6.717°E / 52.550; 6.717
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictGrafschaft Bentheim
Municipal assoc.Uelsen
Subdivisions4 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorGerold Stroeve
Area
 • Total23.06 km (8.90 sq mi)
Elevation20 m (70 ft)
Population
 • Total498
 • Density22/km (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes49847
Dialling codes0 59 48
Vehicle registrationNOH
Websitewww.uelsen.de

Wielen is a small village in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Uelsen. Wielen has 614 inhabitants. Within the village is found the Lower County’s oldest maintained school, het Schöltien.

Constituent communities

Along with the namesake Ortsteil, there are outlying centres named Balderhaar, Striepe and Vennebrügge.

References

  1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

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Towns and municipalities in Grafschaft Bentheim (district)
Coat of arms
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