Tunxdorf is a little village belonging to
PapenburgPapenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. It is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer-Werft, which specializes in building cruise liners.- Districts :...
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Lower SaxonyLower Saxony lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen Bundesländer of Germany...
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GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
. Along with the neighbor village Nenndorf it constitutes the "Tunxdorf-Nenndorf" district of Papenburg. In 1992 343 inhabitants lived overall in Tunxdorf and Nenndorf.
Tunxdorf is located between Aschendorf and
PapenburgPapenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. It is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer-Werft, which specializes in building cruise liners.- Districts :...
close to the boundary of the
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and southern from Ostfriesland. The river Ems traverses Tunxdorf. In Tunxdorf the Ems has a nature protection area called "Tunxdorfer Schleife".
The lake "Tunxdorfer Waldsee" originated at the dike construction for the Ems has a sandy beach and is used for swimming.
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Tunxdorf is a little village belonging to
PapenburgPapenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. It is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer-Werft, which specializes in building cruise liners.- Districts :...
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Lower SaxonyLower Saxony lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen Bundesländer of Germany...
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GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
. Along with the neighbor village Nenndorf it constitutes the "Tunxdorf-Nenndorf" district of Papenburg. In 1992 343 inhabitants lived overall in Tunxdorf and Nenndorf.
Geographical location
Tunxdorf is located between Aschendorf and
PapenburgPapenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. It is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer-Werft, which specializes in building cruise liners.- Districts :...
close to the boundary of the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
and southern from Ostfriesland. The river Ems traverses Tunxdorf. In Tunxdorf the Ems has a nature protection area called "Tunxdorfer Schleife".
Culture and recreation
The lake "Tunxdorfer Waldsee" originated at the dike construction for the Ems has a sandy beach and is used for swimming. Moreover Tunxdorf has a camping ground. As many other villages in the
EmslandLandkreis Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the district of Bentheim and the Netherlands .- History :For a long time the region of the Emsland was...
Tunxdorf and Nenndorf have their own
SchützenfestA Schützenfest is an annual traditional festival celebrated in Germany's western Länder , as well as in Bavaria, and also in other, mostly German-speaking, countries...
, which is yearly celebrated on Ascension Day. The hymn of Tunxdorf and Nenndorf is called "Aulkenpott" remembering the "Aulken", a kind of dwarves, which reputedly lived in former times in Tunxdorf according to the sage.