Losser

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Losser

Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Area	99.64 km²
- Land	98.95 km²
- Water	0.69 km²
Population (2005)	22,496
- Density	227/km²

Image:Ltspkr.pngLosser is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

1 Population centres
2 Losser
3 Overdinkel
4 Geography
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Population centres

[edit] Losser

The oldest known reference to Losser dates from the tenth century <ref name="stenvert-1998">Stenvert, R. et al. (1998). Monumenten in Nederland: Overijssel, p. 213–215, 240. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. ISBN 900-400-9200-1.</ref>. Originally, the village consisted of two separate parts. Both were almost completely destroyed when on September 21, 1665, troops from Münster set fire to them<ref name="buisman-2000">Buisman, J. (2000). Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de lage landen: 1575–1675, p. 597. Franeker: Van Wijnen. ISBN 90-5194-136-6.</ref>.

One of the town's oldest buildings is the Martinitoren (St. Martin's Tower), dating from around 1500 and the only remaining part of a church demolished in 1903.

[edit] Overdinkel

For the Netherlands, Overdinkel is a relatively young town. It came into being around 1900, when houses were built for Dutch textile workers who were employed in the nearby German town of Gronau<ref name="stenvert-1998" />.

[edit] Geography

A few kilometers west of De Lutte, close to the border with Oldenzaal, lies the Tankenberg, a hill the top of which (85 m) is the highest point in the province.

The municipality's most important body of water is the river Dinkel.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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