County of Bentheim (district)

County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.

It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Dutch provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe, the district of Emsland, and the districts of Steinfurt and Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The District has roughly the same territory as the County of Bentheim, a state of the Holy Roman Empire that was dissolved in 1803.

The district's north-western region named Niedergrafschaft [de] (low county) protrudes into Dutch territory, and borders it to the north, west and south.

The Vechte River (Dutch Vecht) traverses the district from south to north and flows into the Netherlands.

Grafschaft Bentheim Lower Saxony Netherlands Emsland North Rhine-Westphalia Bad Bentheim Ohne Samern Schüttorf Schüttorf Quendorf Isterberg Engden Nordhorn Wietmarschen Georgsdorf Osterwald Lage Halle Uelsen Getelo Wielen Itterbeck Wielen Ringe Emlichheim Laar Wilsum Gölenkamp Esche Neuenhaus Hoogstede
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district