What is Emlichheim?
{{Infobox German location |image_flag = Flagge Emlichheim.svg |image_coa = Wappen Emlichheim.jpg |coordinates = {{coord|52|37|N|6|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Emlichheim in NOH.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Grafschaft Bentheim |Samtgemeinde = Emlichheim |elevation = 14 |area = 48.52 |postal_code = 49824 |area_code = 0 59 43 |licence = NOH |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 56 002 |website = [http://www.emlichheim.de www.emlichheim.de] |mayor = Heinrich Strenge |party = SPD }} [[Image:Deutschland Emlichheim Reformierte Kirche.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Reformed Church from 1150]] [[Image:Emlichheim, kerk2 2007-09-23 15.34.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Emlichheim, Lutheran ''Church of Peace'']] '''Emlichheim''' ([[Low German]]: '''Emmelkamp''') is a municipality in the [[County of Bentheim (district)|County of Bentheim]] in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 20&nbsp;km south of [[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]], and 25&nbsp;km northwest of [[Nordhorn]]. == Geography == Emlichheim is right on the German-[[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[border]]. The community is bordered on the south by the river [[Vechte]] and on the north by the Coevorden-Picardy Canal. It is the administrative seat of the ''Samtgemeinde Emlichheim'', whose members also include [[Hoogstede]], [[Laar (Grafschaft Bentheim)|Laar]] and [[Ringe, Germany|Ringe]]. == Partner communities == * [[Zwartewaterland|Genemuiden]], [[Netherlands]] since about 1975 * [[Grabów nad Prosną]], [[Poland]] since 2006 == References == {{reflist}} {{Cities and towns in Bentheim (district)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:County of Bentheim (district)]]