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Diepholz
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Diepholz within Diepholz district
Diepholz Show map of Germany Diepholz Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°36?26?N 8°22?16?E / 52.60722°N 8.37111°E / 52.60722; 8.37111Coordinates: 52°36?26?N 8°22?16?E / 52.60722°N 8.37111°E / 52.60722; 8.37111
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Government
o Mayor (2018–23)	Florian Marré[1]
Area
o Total	104.45 km2 (40.33 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)[2]
o Total	17,152
o Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49356
Dialling codes	0 54 41
Vehicle registration	DH
Website	www.stadt-diepholz.de

Diepholz (German pronunciation: ['di:ph?lts]) is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen.

It was the capital of the sovereign County of Diepholz and the principal seat of the Noble Lords, later Counts, of Diepholz.

Notable people

Notable people associated with Diepholz include:

• Rudolf van Diepholt (c. 1390-1455), bishop of Utrecht and bishop of Osnabrück
• Fritz Klatte (1880-1934), German chemist and the discoverer of polyvinyl acetate
• Eva Leo (1901 in Diepholz - 10 April 1998 in Dubuque, Iowa), German Master Metal Sculptor
• Zygfryd Kuchta (born 1944), Polish handball player
• Georg Moller (1784-1852), architect and town planner who worked in the South of Germany, mostly in the region today known as Hesse
• Marianne of Sweden (died after 1285), Swedish Princess and countess consort of Diepholz by marriage to Rudolf, Count of Diepholz, whom she married in Nyköping in Södermanland in 1285.

See also

• Lordship, later County, of Diepholz

References

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