What is Schüttorf?
{{Infobox German location | type = Stadt | image_flag = Flagge Schüttorf.svg | image_coa = Wappen Schüttorf.svg | coordinates = {{coord|52|19|N|7|13|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Schüttorf in NOH.svg | plantext = Schüttorf's location in Grafschaft Bentheim | state = Niedersachsen | district = Grafschaft Bentheim | Samtgemeinde = Schüttorf | elevation = 33 | area = 19.43 | postal_code = 48465 | area_code = 05923 | licence = NOH | Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 56 027 | website = [http://www.schuettorf.de/ www.schuettorf.de] | mayor = Jörn Tüchter | party = CDU }} '''Schüttorf''' is a town in the [[Grafschaft Bentheim|County of Bentheim]] in southwesternmost [[Lower Saxony]] near the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[border]] and the boundary with [[Westphalia]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]]). The town of Schüttorf forms with the surrounding communities the Joint Community (''Samtgemeinde'') of Schüttorf. It is on the river [[Vechte]], about 5&nbsp;km east of [[Bad Bentheim]], and 20&nbsp;km southeast of [[Nordhorn]]. == Geography == === Place and landscape description === The town of Schüttorf is in southwesternmost Lower Saxony and in the westernmost part of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. It is about 10&nbsp;km to the Dutch border. It is in a transitional zone between the [[Emsland]] and [[Westphalia]]. The town is crossed through the middle southeast to northwest by the river [[Vechte]], which farther downstream flows into the Netherlands. The town's highest point rises to 48&nbsp;m above [[sea level]]. Schüttorf is in the foothills of the ''Bentheimer Berg'', a great [[sandstone]] formation from the [[Cretaceous]] rising to 80&nbsp;m and a wooded western outlier of the [[Teutoburg Forest]]. Only a small piece of the Bentheim Forest is in the town. All together, about 89&nbsp;ha of [[woodland]] is found within the town, making up 8% of the town's total land area. === Neighbouring communities === The town of Schüttorf mainly borders on other members of the Joint Community, namely [[Samern]] in the sou