Wielen
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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.
| Wielen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Grafschaft Bentheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Uelsen |
| Local subdivisions | 7 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Gerold Stroeve |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 23.06 km² (8.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Population | 600 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 26 /km² (67 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | NOH |
| Postal code | 49847 |
| Area codes | 0 59 48 |
| Website | www.uelsen.de/samtgem/fwielen.HTML |
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.
[edit] Constituent communities
Along with the namesake Ortsteil, there are outlying centres named Balderhaar, Striepe and Vennebrügge.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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