Mettingen

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district

(2020–25) Christina Rählmann^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total40 km² (20 sq mi)Elevation

74 m (243 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total12,000 • Density300/km² (780/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49497

Dialling codes05452Vehicle registrationSTWebsitewww.mettingen.de

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.

Neighbouring places

Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.

Economy

The production site of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen. Until 2018 Mettingen had one of the last two active coal mines in Germany.

People from Mettingen

Felix Lobrecht (born 1988), German stand-up comedian, podcast host, and author.
Clemens (1818-1902) and August (1819-1892) Brenninkmeijer brothers who co-founded department store C&A in Sneek, The Netherlands
Josef Wiese (1932-2009), co-founder of Coppenrath & Wiese
Kasper König (born 1943), from 2000 until the end of October 2012 director of the Museum Ludwig, art professor and curator
Peter Niemeyer (born 1983), German footballer
Annika Suthe (born 1985), German spearhead, 2004 Olympian and Junior European champion

Honorary citizens

Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1932)
Franz Brenninkmeyer (1969)
Theodor Kersting (1973)
Josef Wiese (2005)

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.