Löningen is a town in the district of Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg (district)

Cloppenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Ammerland, Oldenburg, Vechta, Osnabrück, Emsland and Leer....

, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated on the river Hase

Hase

The Hase is a 193 km long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ems, but part of its flow goes to the Else, that is part of the Weser basin. Its source is in the Teutoburg Forest, south-east of Osnabrück, on the north slope of the 307 m high Hankenüll hill.- Weser-Ems...

, approx. 25 km southwest of Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg...

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History

Löningen originally appeared in 822 as Loingo. The name Löningen was mentioned first in 1147 in a letter to the Bishop von Hildesheim, at which time the area of Löningen belonged to the orvey Abbey]. Beginning in 1200 Löningen belonged to the Count von Tecklenburg. The diocese Münster absorbed Löningen beginning in 1400. In 1803, church rule ended and Löningen belonged to the Duchy of Oldenburg. From 1810 to 1813 Löningen belonged to the Arrondissement Quakenbrück

Quakenbrück

Quakenbrück is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase. It is part of the Samtgemeinde of Artland....

. After the battle of Leipzig, Löningen returned to Oldenburg.

In 1814 the Duchy of Oldenburg was divided into 25 offices, one of which became Löningen. This was dissolved 1879 and Löningen was assigned to the district of Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg...

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During the WWII, the first bombs in the Löningen area fell in 1940, and in 1945 the Löningen district courthouse was destroyed by bombing. On the 10th and 11th of April, 1945 British troops arrived and surrounded the German troops on three sides — after which the German troops retreated.

The municipal laws of Löningen were codified on 1 March 1982.

Population

EWLINE Year Population 1549 ca. 1.100 1651 1.580 1750 2.892 1815 4.713 1837 5.583 1860 5.681 1890 4.687 1895 4.760
Year	Population
1919	4.370
1925	6.435
1939	7.083
1949	10.671
1961	9.500
1972	9.982
1998	13.800

Mayors

• 1951–1952: Bernard Berges
• 1952–1960: Wilhelm Bischoff, (CDU)
• 1960–1972: Adolf Richard, (CDU)
• 1972–1986: Kurt Schmücker
  Kurt Schmücker
  Kurt Schmücker was a German politician, member of Christian Democratic Union.Kurt Schmücker was born on November 10, 1919 in Löningen, Lower Saxony....
  
  , (CDU)
• 1986–1991: Heinrich Wesselmann, (CDU)
• 1991–1997: Clemens Winkler, (CDU)
• 1997–2001: Hermann Vorholt, (CDU)
• since 2001: Thomas Städtler, Independent