| Coat of arms | Map of Germany showing Nordhorn |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms | Map of Germany showing Nordhorn |
| Basisdaten | |
| State: | Lower Saxony |
| Regierungsbezirk: | Weser-Ems |
| Adm. district: | Grafschaft Bentheim |
| Area: | 149,64 km² |
| Population: | 53.105 (January 2004) |
| Population density: | 351,6 residents/km² |
| Elevation: | 23 m above sea level |
| Telephone prefix | 05921 |
| Latitude and longitude: | 52° 26' north 7° 4' east |
| License plate prefix: | NOH |
| Website: | www.nordhorn.de |
| Politik | |
| Mayor: | Meinhard Hüsemann (SPD) |
| Seat distribution in the Town Parliament (43 seats total): |
SPD19 CDU18 [[B%FCndnis_90/Die_Gr%FCnen|Greens]] 2 FDP2 Communists1 |
The town Nordhorn (at the river Vechte) is the capital of the earldom of Bentheim, situated at the southwest of Lower SaxonyinGermany, at the border to the Netherlands and to the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. The next city near Nordhorn is Enschede (Netherlands; about 30 km southwest), Münster (about 75 km southeast) and Osnabrück (about 80 km east).
