the town of schüttorf mainly borders on other members of the joint community, namely samern in the southeast, quendorf in the northwest and engden in the north. within the district of the county of bentheim, schüttorf borders on the town of bad bentheim in the west. in the east, the town limit is also part of the boundary with the neighbouring district of emsland, bordering there on ahlde, an outlying centre of the community of emsbüren. there is found – only 2 km from schüttorf – a small conservation area with a heath pond.