Nordhorn

Nordhorn is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of the County of Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia.
Geography.
Place.
The town is in southwesternmost Lower Saxony, near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia, on the river Vechte. The nearest major city is Hengelo in the Netherlands, some southwest of Nordhorn. The nearest German cities are Münster, about to the southeast, and Osnabrück, about to the east.
The landscape in and around Nordhorn is marked by the Vechte, the Vechtesee (lake), through which the Vechte flows, and three canals: the "Süd-Nord-Kanal", the "Nordhorn-Almelo-Kanal" and the "Ems-Vechte-Kanal".
Extent of the municipal area.
Through various combinations the town's area has grown to 14 959 ha, only slightly smaller than the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Neighbouring communities.
North of Nordhorn is the town and joint community ("Samtgemeinde") both called Neuenhaus, while the communities of Engden and Isterberg are in the south. The town's western limit is also part of Germany's border with the Netherlands.
Constituent communities.
Nordhorn is subdivided into 17 quarters "("Stadtteile")".
Twin towns – sister cities.
Nordhorn is twinned with: