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8 unusual facts about Cloppenburg


Cappeln

It is situated approximately 7 km southeast of Cloppenburg.

From 1914 to 1965 a local railway linked Cappeln to Cloppenburg and Vechta, first the only station was in Schwichtler.

Coppersmith

Workshop of a coppersmith in Cloppenburg; the oldest units are from the period around 1850

Focus Bikes

Focus Bikes is a bicycle manufacturer that has its administration and production facilities based in Cloppenburg, Germany and builds sport bicycles such as racing bicycles and mountain bicycles.

Kalkhoff

Kalkhoff is a German bicycle manufacturer based in Cloppenburg; it was founded in 1919 by Heinrich Kalkhoff as a family business.

Lastrup

It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Cloppenburg.

Mike Kluge

In 1992 Kluge set up the bicycle manufacturing company Focus Bikes in Cloppenburg, Germany.

Nicholas I, Count of Tecklenburg

In 1328, he succeeded his uncle, Count Otto V of Tekclenburg, as count of Tecklenburg-Ibbendüren and count of Lingen and Cloppenburg.


Barßel

Barßel is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Dinklage

In 1231, John of Dinklage and his son Bertram (an armored knight) backed Vechta, which was allied with Emperor Philip of Swabia in a dispute with Otto of Brunswick, who was allied with the Cloppenburg Count von Tecklenburg.

Rogier Krohne

The following year, Krohne scored fourteen times as Cloppenburg finished second again, enough for promotion as the Regionalliga was being re-structured.


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