Cloppenburg (German: [ˈklɔpm̩ˌbʊʁk] ⓘ; Low German: Cloppenborg; Saterland Frisian: Kloppenbuurich [ˈklɔpənˌbuːrɪx]) is a town in Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland.

It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border.

Another major road is the federal highway B213 being the shortest link from the Netherlands to the A1 and thus to Bremen and Hamburg.

[3][4] The town had strong cultural links with St Munchins Parish in Limerick, Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s.

However, there is also some industry in town: e.g. Lumberg, (connector systems) and Derby Cycle (bikes).