Schapen: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Lower Saxony
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Population: approximately 2,444
• Coordinates: 52.4016° N, 7.5591° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 397 km (246 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO): 31 km (19 mi), straight line
• Dortmund Airport (DTM): 98 km (61 mi), straight line
• Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ, The Netherlands): 104 km (64 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Hopsten: 3.6 km (2.3 mi)
• Beesten: 5.3 km (3.3 mi)
• Spelle: 7.4 km (4.6 mi)
• Luenne: 9.5 km (5.9 mi)
• Freren: 9.5 km (5.9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Osnabrueck, 36 km (23 mi)