Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA.

Ankum
Coat of arms of Ankum
Location of Ankum within Osnabrück district
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Ankum is located in Germany
Ankum
Ankum
Ankum is located in Lower Saxony
Ankum
Ankum
Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E / 52.54333°N 7.87083°E / 52.54333; 7.87083
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictOsnabrück
Municipal assoc.Bersenbrück
Government
 • MayorDetert Brummer-Bange
Area
 • Total66.32 km2 (25.61 sq mi)
Elevation
54 m (177 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total8,035
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49577
Dialling codes05462
Vehicle registrationOS
Websitewww.ankum.de

The parish Ankum includes the municipalities Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal Eggermühlen; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Kettenkamp, Nortrup-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Tütingen, Westerholte.

Today the unless otherwise stated municipalities constitute the village Ankum.

People

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  • Georg Preuße (born 1950), actor
  • Heinrich Arminius Rattermann (1832-1923), writer, historian, entrepreneur

References

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  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
 
Ankum, church: Artländer Dom