Lohne lies in the Oldenburg Münsterland between Oldenburg to the north and Osnabrück to the south. Through the city goes the Weser-Ems-watershed from north to south. In the east is the catchment area of the Hunte and in the west the catchment area of the Hase, which lies on a Geest, part of the Dammer Berge. To the east of Lohne lies the Großes Moor, a raised bog. To the west lies the "Dinklager Becken", a great lowland. Drainage occurs by the rivulets "Hopener Mühlenbach" and "Bokerner Bach" into the Hase and "Dadau" into the Hunte. In the east, next to the "Großes Moor" lie two more raised bogs, the "Brägeler Moor" and the "Südlohner Moor". The "Südlohner Moor" is a protected landscape. A small part of the "Steinfelder Moor" is protected too. It lies in Kroge-Ehrendorf, south of the federal road B214.
Districts
Neighbourship of Lohne
The neighbourship of Lohne, clockwise, start in the north:
As a "city of special industries", Lohne has also made a name for itself nationwide. As early as 1900, Lohne had an injection moulding factory, a machine factory, two paintbrush and one brush factories, a mechanical weaving mill, a sausage factory, several brickworks including cement industry, a peat factory, a cardboard packaging factory and a large number of other production facilities. Lohne's industry was characterized less by size than by its specialization. Since the 1950s, the plastics industry has been the mainstay of the Lohner economy. Today, metalworking companies, machinery and equipment manufacturers, packaging and cartonboard companies, cork manufacturers, as well as the food industry, agriculture and the construction trades ensure that there is a wide variety of industries in Lohne. The fact that Lohne, as a middle center, is in the same order as the middle center of Vechta, the capital of the district, is shown by the fact, that most of the professional schools in the district are located in Lohne. Every Thursday and Saturday there is a weekly market on the "Alter Markt", occasionally also on the "Rixheimer Platz".
Plastic industries
Established plastic industries in Lohne are:
ATKA Kunststoffverarbeitung
delo Dettmer-Verpackungen
Franz Henke Kunststoffwerk & Werkzeugbau
Kronen-Hansa-Werk
Nowack
Polytec Rießelmann
Pöppelmann
RPC Bramlage
Other companies
Lohne has a wide range of small, medium and large companies. These are for example:
Lohne lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück. It can be reached via the exit Lohne / Dinklage. The train station lies on the Delmenhorst–Hesepe railway, which is operated by the NordWestBahn. Trains run every hour as RB 58 to Osnabrück and Bremen. Until 1999, a Lohne-Dinklage narrow-gauge railway was in operation; passenger transport ended in 1954. Meanwhile, most of the tracks have been converted into a bike path. In November 2013, the call bus system "Moobilplus Vechta" was put into operation in the district of Vechta, in which Lohne is involved. Every hour a bus operates between Dinklage, Lohne and the Lohner municipality Märschendorf. Other buses run, including "Weser-Ems-Buses", for example to Damme and Diepholz. From the 1920s there were plans to build a channel called "Hansakanal". It would pass through the middle of Lohne, and would connect the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region with the seaports of Bremen and Hamburg. In 1950 the plan was finally abandoned. The nearest international airports are Bremen Airport and Münster Osnabrück International Airport. Lohne has a fast charging station from Tesla, the Tesla Supercharger.
Population development
Culture and sights
Theatre
Freilichtbühne Lohne
Musical AG of the Lohner high school
Theatregroup of the Schützenverein Bokern-Märschendorf
By German law, cities between 25,001 and 30,000 citizens must have 36 town councils. Lohne has only 35. The party AFD won 2 seats for the city council, but only one candidate on their ticket. The 2nd seat was withdrawn. The legislative period will take 5 years.
Mayor
In 2011, Tobias Gerdesmeyer was elected as mayor. He was common representative for the mayor before he succeeded Hans Georg Niesel as mayor.
On 3 January 1912, the Grand duke of Oldenburg granted the Coat of arms. The shield is divided into four quarters. The upper left quarter shows gold and red fesses, the lower right quarter shows a golden cross on blue ground. They are the same as in the Coat of arms of the Grand duke. The upper right quarter shows a church on white ground. It displays the modest character of Lohne in union with the Catholic Church. The lower left square shows a wing on a crown. The crown is symbolic of wage and price of the bourgeois activity. The wing is symbolic of the significant feather industry in Lohne in the early 19th century.
