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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox settlement<br />
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --><br />
<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name = Losser<br />
| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]<br />
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline = Losser Steenfabriek De Werklust.JPG<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Monumental former factory in Losser<br />
| image_flag = Flag of Losser.svg<br />
| flag_size = 100x67px<br />
| flag_alt = <br />
| image_shield = Losser wapen.svg<br />
| shield_size = 100x80px<br />
| shield_alt = <!-- Maps, coordinates --><br />
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0168 (2009).svg<br />
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Losser in a municipal map of Overijssel<br />
| map_caption = Location in Overijssel<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|52|16|N|7|0|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_footnotes = <br />
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Overijssel]]<br />
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.losser.nl/Politiek/College_van_B_W/College/College_van_B_W<br />
|title = College van B&W<br />
|trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen<br />
|language = Dutch<br />
|publisher = Gemeente Losser<br />
|accessdate = 31 March 2014<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727142707/http://www.losser.nl/Politiek/College_van_B_W/College/College_van_B_W<br />
|archivedate = 27 July 2014<br />
}}</ref><br />
| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]<br />
| leader_party = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]<br />
| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]<br />
| leader_name = [[Jeroen Diepemaat]]<br />
<!-- Geographic information -->| unit_pref = Metric<br />
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --><br />
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref><br />
<!-- square kilometers -->| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Losser}}<br />
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Losser}}<br />
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Losser}}<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool <br />
|title=Postcodetool for 7581AG <br />
|language=Dutch <br />
|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland <br />
|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis <br />
|accessdate=31 March 2014 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool <br />
|archivedate=21 September 2013 <br />
}}</ref><br />
| elevation_m = 35<br />
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --><br />
| elevation_max_m = <br />
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --><br />
| elevation_min_m = <!-- Population, demographics --><br />
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref><br />
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Losser}}<br />
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}<br />
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Losser}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto--><br />
| population_demonym = Lossernaar, Lossenaar<br />
<!-- Other information -->| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<br />
| utc_offset = +1<br />
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]<br />
| utc_offset_DST = +2<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]<br />
| postal_code = 7580–7589<br />
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]<br />
| area_code = 053, 0541<br />
| website = {{URL|1=https://www.losser.nl/}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
[[File:Gem-Losser-OpenTopo.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Losser, June 2015'']]<br />
'''Losser''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɔsər|-|Nl-Losser.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the eastern [[Netherlands]]. It is at the eastern end of the [[A1 motorway (Netherlands)|A1 motorway]].<br />
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==Population centres==<br />
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|<br />
*[[Beuningen, Overijssel|Beuningen]]<br />
*[[De Lutte]]<br />
*Glane<br />
*Losser<br />
*[[Overdinkel]]<br />
}}<br />
==Losser==<br />
The oldest known reference to Losser dates from the tenth century.<ref name="stenvert-1998">Stenvert, R. et al. (1998). ''Monumenten in Nederland: Overijssel'', p. 213&ndash;215, 240. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. {{ISBN|90-400-9200-1}}.</ref> Originally, the village consisted of two separate parts. Both were almost completely destroyed when on 21 September 1665, troops from [[Münster]] set fire to them.<ref name="buisman-2000">Buisman, J. (2000). ''Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de lage landen: 1575&ndash;1675'', p. 597. Franeker: Van Wijnen. {{ISBN|90-5194-136-6}}.</ref><br />
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One of the town's oldest buildings is the Martinustoren (St. Martin's Tower), dating from around 1500 and the only remaining part of a church demolished in 1903.<br />
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The district of Glane is home to the Mor Ephrem Monastery, the only [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] monastery in Europe. Originally founded in 1911 as the St Olaf monastery by Norwegian [[Sisters_of_St._Joseph#Sisters_of_Saint_Joseph_of_Chambery|Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambery]], it was converted into Syriac Orthodox monastery on 7 July 1984 and is the official diocesan headquarters of the Syriac Orthodox Diocese of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Syriac Orthodox Church in the Netherlands celebrates milestones at Mor Ephrem Monastery |url=https://syriacpress.com/blog/2024/10/29/syriac-orthodox-church-in-the-netherlands-celebrates-milestones-at-mor-ephrem-monastery/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |publisher=Syriac Press |date=29 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Klooster – Kloostergeschiedenis {{!}} Mor Ephrem |url=https://morephrem.com/kloostergeschiedenis/ |website=morephrem.com |publisher=Klooster St. Ephrem De Syrier |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
A few kilometers west of De Lutte, close to the border with [[Oldenzaal]], lies the Tankenberg, a hill the top of which (85 m) is the highest point in the province. (For myths of the Tankenberg, see [[Tanfana]].)<br />
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The municipality's most important body of water is the river [[Dinkel (river)|Dinkel]].<br />
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==Sister cities==<br />
Losser is twinned with:<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Emsbüren]], [[Germany]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
* [[Pi de Bruijn]] (born 1942 in Losser) a Dutch architect <br />
* [[Kim Kötter]] (born 1982 in Losser) a Dutch director, model and beauty pageant titleholder <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3371046/ IMDb Database] retrieved 04 October 2019 </ref><br />
* [[Moniek Nijhuis]] (born 1988 in Overdinkel) a Dutch swimmer, competed in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery mode=packed><br />
File:Martinustoren Losser.jpg|Martin's Tower<br />
File:Losser, de Hervormde kerk RM26296 foto1 2013-04-22 17.08.jpg|Reformed church<br />
File:Losser, de Sint Martinuskerk foto8 2013-04-22 17.01.jpg|Church: de Sint Martinuskerk<br />
File:Overdinkel, Roomskatholieke Kerk.jpg|Overdinkel, Rooms katholieke Kerk<br />
</gallery><br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist|30em}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{commons category-inline}}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010402021951/http://www.gemeentelosser.nl/ Official website]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
| Centre = Losser<br />
| North = [[Dinkelland]]<br />
| Northeast = [[Nordhorn]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])<br />
| East = [[Bad Bentheim]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])<br />
| South = [[Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia|Gronau]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])<br />
| Southwest = [[Enschede]]<br />
| West = [[Dinkelland]]<br>[[Oldenzaal]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Dutch municipality Losser}}<br />
{{Overijssel Province}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Losser| ]]<br />
[[Category:Municipalities of Overijssel]]<br />
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]<br />
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