Visbek

Geschichte

Visbek is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in the Oldenburg Münsterland region of the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.Location and municipal subdivisionsVisbek lies on the North German Plain, approximately 12 km to the north of Vechta. The municipality consists of the village of Visbek itself, together with 13 surrounding hamlets (Bauerschaften), viz. Astrup, Bonrechtern, Endel, Erlte, Hagstedt, Halter/ Meyerhöfen, Hogenbögen, Norddöllen, Rechterfeld, Varnhorn/ Siedenbögen and Wöstendöllen.Neighbouring municipalitiesNeighbouring communities are : the municipality of Großenkneten, including Ahlhorn, the town of Wildeshausen, the municipality of Goldenstedt, the town of Vechta and the municipality of Emstek.