Hoogstede

Hoogstede
Coat of arms
Hoogstede
Location of Hoogstede within Grafschaft Bentheim district
Coordinates: 52°34′59″N 06°57′00″E / 52.58306°N 6.95000°E / 52.58306; 6.95000Coordinates: 52°34′59″N 06°57′00″E / 52.58306°N 6.95000°E / 52.58306; 6.95000
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Grafschaft Bentheim
Municipal assoc.	Emlichheim
Government
• Mayor	Jan Ensink (CDU)
Area
• Total	49.77 km2 (19.22 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	2,881
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	49846
Dialling codes	05944
Vehicle registration	NOH
Website	www.hoogstede.de

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

Hoogstede lies northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. The Vechte flows through town, and its tributary, the Lee empties into it here. The community belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Emlichheim, whose administrative seat is in the like-named community.

The community’s seven centres are Hoogstede, Kalle, Tinholt, Arkel, Bathorn, Scheerhorn and Berge.

Hoogstede’s history begins in 1821 when the Evangelical-Reformed parish’s chapel was moved from Arkel to Hoogstede. In 1859, the Catholic church was built, and by and by a population centre developed. In 1953, the Evangelical-Old Reformed church was built, and in 1961 the Lutheran church.

Today, roughly 2,900 people live in Hoogstede and its outlying centres.

Hoogstede is home to four churches:

Hoogstede’s council is made up of 13 councillors.

(as of municipal election on 10 September 2006)

The honorary mayor Jan Ensink was elected on 14 November 2006 at the municipal council’s constitutive meeting.

Various clubs and associations have established themselves: