Wielen

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Location of Wielen within Grafschaft Bentheim district

52°33′N 6°43′E / 52.550°N 6.717°E / 52.550; 6.717CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictGrafschaft Bentheim Municipal assoc.UelsenSubdivisions4 OrtsteileGovernment

• MayorGerold StroeveArea

• Total23.06 km² (8.90 sq mi)Elevation

20 m (70 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total498 • Density22/km² (56/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49847

Dialling codes0 59 48Vehicle registrationNOHWebsitewww.uelsen.de

Wielen is a small village in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Uelsen. Wielen has 614 inhabitants. Within the village is found the Lower County’s oldest maintained school, het Schöltien.

Constituent communities

Along with the namesake Ortsteil, there are outlying centres named Balderhaar, Striepe and Vennebrügge.

References

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