What is Uelsen?
{{Infobox German location |image_flag = Flagge Uelsen.svg |image_coa = Wappen Uelsen.png |coordinates = {{coord|52|30|N|6|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Uelsen in NOH.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Grafschaft Bentheim |Samtgemeinde = Uelsen |elevation = 45 |area = 19.46 |postal_code = 49843 |area_code = 0 59 42 |licence = NOH |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 56 023 |divisions = 5 [[Ortsteil]]e |website = [http://www.uelsen.de/ www.uelsen.de] |mayor = Bernd Wever |party = SPD }} '''Uelsen''' ({{IPA-de|ˈʔʏlsn̩}}) is a community in the [[Grafschaft Bentheim|County of Bentheim]] in [[Lower Saxony]]. ==Geography== The community of Uelsen is in westernmost Lower Saxony, on the [[border]] with the Kingdom of the [[Netherlands]], roughly 30&nbsp;km north of [[Enschede]] and 15&nbsp;km northwest of [[Nordhorn]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book|last=Weiss|first=Helmuth|title=Grafschaft Bentheim: Bad Bentheim - Nordhorn - Schüttorf -Neuenhaus -Uelsen - Emlichheim - Wietmarschen|publisher=Edition Temmen|year=2005|isbn=3-86108-941-6 |location=Bremen}} (English-French-Dutch-German) * Herbert Wagner: Die Gestapo war nicht allein... Politische Sozialkontrolle und Staatsterror im deutsch-niederländischen Grenzgebiet 1929 - 1945. LIT Verlag. Münster 2004 (contains among other things Uelsen in National Socialist times, persecution of the church, Oostergetelo). ==Other websites== *[http://www.uelsen.de/ Joint Community’s webpage] *[http://www.Uelsen-und-Umgebung.de/ Unofficial webpage about Uelsen and environs] {{Cities and towns in Bentheim (district)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:County of Bentheim (district)]]