Mettingen

Geschichte

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyMettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.Neighbouring placesNeighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.EconomyThe production side of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen.Sons and daughters of the community Clemens Brenninkmeyer, co-founder of the worldwide active company C&A August Brenninkmeyer, co-founder of the worldwide active company C&A Kasper König, from 2000 until the end of October 2012 director of the Museum Ludwig , art professor and curator Peter Niemeyer, German footballer Annika Suthe, German spearhead, 2004 Olympian and Junior European championHonorary citizens Clemens Brenninkmeyer (1932) Franz Brenninkmeyer (1969) Theodor Kersting (1973) Josef Wiese (2005)