Uelsen

Uelsen
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Uelsen within Grafschaft Bentheim district
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Coordinates: 52°30′N 6°52′E / 52.500°N 6.867°E / 52.500; 6.867
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Grafschaft Bentheim
Municipal assoc.	Uelsen
Subdivisions	5 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Bernd Wever (SPD)
Area
• Total	19.46 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	5,927
• Density	300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49843
Dialling codes	0 59 42
Vehicle registration	NOH
Website	www.uelsen.de

Uelsen (German pronunciation: [ˈʔʏlsn̩]) is a community in the County of Bentheim in Lower Saxony.

Geography

The community of Uelsen is in westernmost Lower Saxony, on the border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, roughly 30 km north of Enschede and 15 km northwest of Nordhorn.

References

Further reading

• Weiss, Helmuth (2005). Grafschaft Bentheim: Bad Bentheim - Nordhorn - Schüttorf -Neuenhaus -Uelsen - Emlichheim - Wietmarschen. Bremen: Edition Temmen. ISBN 3-86108-941-6. (English-French-Dutch-German)
• Herbert Wagner: Die Gestapo war nicht allein... Politische Sozialkontrolle und Staatsterror im deutsch-niederländischen Grenzgebiet 1929 - 1945. LIT Verlag. Münster 2004 (contains among other things Uelsen in National Socialist times, persecution of the church, Oostergetelo).

Other websites

• Joint Community’s webpage
• Unofficial webpage about Uelsen and environs