County of Bentheim (district)

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Grafschaft Bentheim
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Nordhorn
Government
• District admin.	Uwe Fietzek
Area
• Total	981 km2 (379 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	141,269
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	NOH
Website	grafschaft.de

County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Dutch provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe, the district of Emsland, and the districts of Steinfurt and Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The District has roughly the same territory as the County of Bentheim, a state of the Holy Roman Empire that was dissolved in 1803.

The district's north-western region named Niedergrafschaft [de] (low county) protrudes into Dutch territory, and borders it to the north, west and south. The Vechte River (Dutch Vecht) traverses the district from south to north and flows into the Netherlands.

The arms are identical to the arms of the historic County of Bentheim. The origin of these arms is unknown.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim.

• Official website (in German)

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