Nordhorn is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, and the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim, in the southwest corner of the state near the border with the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude52.433333 degrees north 1 FAQs
What role did the textile industry play in Nordhorn?
The Nordhorn city museum says: "Until well into the 1970s, the textile industry with its large companies NINO, Povel and Rawe boomed and shaped the entire social, economic and cultural life of the town."
Sources
1. Nordhorn (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 57,372 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 52.433333, longitude 7.066667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 23 m
P2046 (area)
area 149.69 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 57372 (2025)
View the Source2. Nordhorn (Wikipedia)
History
Established around 600 CE and originally known as Hankorve.
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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