Georgsdorf

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Georgsdorf within Grafschaft Bentheim district

52°34′00″N 07°04′59″E / 52.56667°N 7.08306°E / 52.56667; 7.08306CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictGrafschaft Bentheim Municipal assoc.NeuenhausGovernment

• MayorAnja SchupeArea

• Total19.26 km² (7.44 sq mi)Elevation

19 m (62 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total1,250 • Density65/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49828

Dialling codes05946Vehicle registrationNOH

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

Geography

Location

Georgsdorf lies north of Nordhorn on the Süd-Nord-Kanal (South-North Canal) and the Coevorden-Piccardie-Kanal. It belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Neuenhaus, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Mayor

The honorary mayor was Willi Beckert, but he died in May 2007, and since then Johann Scholten has been the new mayor.^{[citation needed]}

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Georgsdorf's best-known landmark is a windmill built in the traditional Dutch style in 1875 out of brick and with a thatched roof.

Reformed church
Windmill: die Georgsdorfer Mühle

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The Autobahn A 31 runs by the community roughly 10 km to the west.

Solar power

Nationwide, Georgsdorf has the highest number of solar power systems in proportion to population.

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.