Gölenkamp

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gölenkamp within Grafschaft Bentheim district

52°31′00″N 06°55′00″E / 52.51667°N 6.91667°E / 52.51667; 6.91667CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictGrafschaft Bentheim Municipal assoc.UelsenSubdivisions3 centresGovernment

• MayorFritz-Geert EverinkArea

• Total20.95 km² (8.09 sq mi)Elevation

19 m (62 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total592 • Density28/km² (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49843

Dialling codes0 59 41Vehicle registrationNOHWebsitewww.uelsen.de

Gölenkamp is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony.

Geography

Location

Gölenkamp lies northwest of Nordhorn. It belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Uelsen, whose administrative seat is in the town of the same name.

Constituent communities

The community’s three centres are Gölenkamp, Haftenkamp and Hardinghausen.

Politics

Mayor

Jan Benierman was elected honorary mayor in 2006.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Spöllberg, a barrow from the Bronze Age, is located in Gölenkamp.

References

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