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4 unusual facts about Papenburg


Adam Pastor

Adam Pastor was born Roelof Martens or Martin, at Dörpen, Westphalia, and was a Catholic priest at Aschendorf till 1533 when he joined the peaceful wing of the Anabaptists.

Celebrity Silhouette

The fourth of five ships in the Solstice class, Celebrity Silhouette was being constructed by Meyer Werft at their shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.

John van Dreelen

The son of Dutch actor and director Louis Gimberg, van Dreelen was fluent in several languages, he escaped the Emslandlager labor camp near Papenburg

Norwegian Breakaway

Construction of Norwegian Breakaway began on 21 September 2011, when the first piece of steel was cut at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.


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Emslandlager

The moorland labor camps, Emslandlager ("Emsland camps") - as they were known - were for political opponents of the Third Reich, located outside of Börgermoor, now part of the commune Surwold, not far from Papenburg.

Gaby Papenburg

Gaby Papenburg (born 27 February 1960 in Walsrode) is a German sport television reporter and television presenter.

In Germany, Papenburg works as a television presenter on broadcaster SAT1.

Löhne–Rheine railway

Just six months later the next section was put into operation, closing the gap from Osnabrück to Papenburg via Rheine and Salzbergen.


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