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Bad Bentheim (German: [baːt ˈbɛnthaɪm] (
listen); Dutch Low Saxon: Beantem) is a town in the southwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany, in the County of Bentheim on the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands about 15 km south of Nordhorn and 20 km northeast of Enschede.
Bad Bentheim | |
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 Bad Bentheim with its castle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Bentheim within Grafschaft Bentheim district | |
  Bad Bentheim  Bad Bentheim | |
| Coordinates: 52°18′11″N 07°09′35″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Grafschaft Bentheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Volker Pannen[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100.16 km2 (38.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 16,251 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bentheimer |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 48455 |
| Dialling codes | 05922; 05924 for Gildehaus |
| Vehicle registration | NOH |
| Website | http://www.stadt-badbentheim.de/index/ |
The town limit is 49 km, with a north–south reach of 14 km and an east–west reach of 12 km. The area under Bad Bentheim's power, along with all its constituent communities, has a total area of 100.16 km2.
Bad Bentheim, a town shaped by the Evangelical Church, belongs to Lower Saxony's district of Bentheim. It borders on two other towns in Lower Saxony, Schüttorf and Nordhorn as well as on the Catholic towns of Gronau and Ochtrup in North Rhine-Westphalia's Steinfurt and Borken districts respectively. Bad Bentheim is right on the Dutch border, its immediate neighbours on the other side being de Lutte and Losser, both Catholic places in the province of Overijssel (Twente region). Not far away is the Dutch cities of Almelo, Enschede and Hengelo, and on the German side Lingen, Rheine, Münster and Osnabrück.
The town has the centres of Achterberg, Bardel, Gildehaus, Hagelshoek, Holt und Haar, Sieringhoek, Waldseite and Westenberg.
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