What is Friesoythe?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |name = Friesoythe |image_photo = Friesoythe Kirche.JPG |image_caption = Church |image_flag = Flagge Friesoythe.svg |image_coa = Wappen Friesoythe.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|01|14|N|07|51|31|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Friesoythe in CLP.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Cloppenburg |elevation = 6 |area = 247.14 |postal_code = 26169 |area_code = 0 44 91 |licence = CLP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 53 007 |divisions = <!-- XX [[Ortsteil]]e bzw. [[Stadtbezirk]]e --> |website = [https://www.friesoythe.de/ www.friesoythe.de] |mayor = Sven Stratmann<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> |leader_term = 2021&ndash;26 |party = SPD }} '''Friesoythe''' ([[Saterland Frisian language|Saterland Frisian]]: ''Ait'' or ''Äit'') is a [[town]] in [[Cloppenburg (district)|Cloppenburg]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]], on the river [[Soeste]], {{Convert|25|km}} northwest of [[Cloppenburg]], and {{Convert|30|km}} southwest of [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Bibliography == * G. L. Cassidy, ''Warpath; the Story of the Algonquin Regiment'', 1939–1945. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1948. * Ferdinand Cloppenburg, ''Die Stadt Friesoythe im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert''. Friesoythe: Cloppenburg, 2003. Limited to 1,000 copies. * Tony Foster, ''Meeting of Generals''. Toronto; New York: Methuen, c1986. * Robert L. Fraser, ed. ''Black Yesterdays; the Argylls' War''. Hamilton, ON: Argyll Regimental Foundation, 1996. A work of 608 pp., numerous photographs, many illustrations, (some col.) limited to 1,000 copies. A lavish, massive, even monumental history of the Cana