Wielen

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
Wielen

Coordinates: 52°33′N 6°43′E / 52.550°N 6.717°E / 52.550; 6.717Coordinates: 52°33′N 6°43′E / 52.550°N 6.717°E / 52.550; 6.717
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Grafschaft Bentheim
Municipal assoc. Uelsen
Government
  Mayor Gerold Stroeve
Area
  Total 23.06 km2 (8.90 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 543
  Density 24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 49847
Dialling codes 0 59 48
Vehicle registration NOH
Website www.uelsen.de/samtgem/
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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.

Constituent communities

Along with the namesake Ortsteil, there are outlying centres named Balderhaar, Striepe and Vennebrügge.

References

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