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Hilter

Hilter

Place in Lower Saxony, Germany

For the character from Monty Python's Flying Circus, see Hilter (character).
Not to be confused with Adolf Hitler or Hitler (disambiguation).

Hilter is a municipality in the district Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the hills of the Teutoburg Forest.

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As of 2020 it has a population of 10,429, and covers an area of 52.61 km2. Highest elevation is the Hohnangel with 262 m above sea level.

History

The municipality was united on July 14, 1972, by merging the municipalities Borgloh, Hankenberge and Hilter. Already in 1977 the municipalities Allendorf, Borgloh-Wellendorf, Ebbendorf, Eppendorf and Uphöfen were joined into the Einheitsgemeinde Borgloh.

Industry

The margarine factory

Hilter was well known for mining Hilter Gold ochre as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century.[3]

  • Hilter, church: Sankt Johannes der Täufer

References

  1. [1]
    "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. [3]
    History of Hilter (German)
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