Ankum

Ankum
Location of Ankum within Osnabrück district
Location of Ankum
Ankum
Ankum
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
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
8,214
 • Density123.9/km2 (320.8/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. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.