Editing Losser

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name               = Losser
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline      = Losser Steenfabriek De Werklust.JPG
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Monumental former factory in Losser
| image_flag         = Flag of Losser.svg
| flag_size          = 100x67px
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Losser wapen.svg
| shield_size        = 100x80px
| shield_alt         = <!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map          = Map - NL - Municipality code 0168 (2009).svg
| map_alt            = Highlighted position of Losser in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption        = Location in Overijssel
| coordinates        = {{coord|52|16|N|7|0|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Overijssel]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.losser.nl/Politiek/College_van_B_W/College/College_van_B_W
 |title       = College van B&W
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = Dutch
 |publisher   = Gemeente Losser
 |accessdate  = 31 March 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727142707/http://www.losser.nl/Politiek/College_van_B_W/College/College_van_B_W
 |archivedate = 27 July 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title       = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Jeroen Diepemaat]]
<!-- Geographic information -->| unit_pref          = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->| area_total_km2     = {{Dutch municipality total area|Losser}}
| area_land_km2      = {{Dutch municipality land area|Losser}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|Losser}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 7581AG 
 |language=Dutch 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |accessdate=31 March 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archivedate=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 35
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| elevation_max_m    = 
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| elevation_min_m    = <!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total   = {{Dutch municipality population|Losser}}
| population_as_of   = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Losser}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = Lossernaar, Lossenaar
<!-- Other information -->| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code        = 7580–7589
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 053, 0541
| website            = {{URL|1=https://www.losser.nl/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
[[File:Gem-Losser-OpenTopo.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Losser, June 2015'']]
'''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]].

==Population centres==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Beuningen, Overijssel|Beuningen]]
*[[De Lutte]]
*Glane
*Losser
*[[Overdinkel]]
}}
==Losser==
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>

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.

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>

==Geography==
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]].)

The municipality's most important body of water is the river [[Dinkel (river)|Dinkel]].

==Sister cities==
Losser is twinned with:
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* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Emsbüren]], [[Germany]]
|}

== Notable people ==
* [[Pi de Bruijn]] (born 1942 in Losser) a Dutch architect  
* [[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>
* [[Moniek Nijhuis]] (born 1988 in Overdinkel) a Dutch swimmer, competed in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Martinustoren Losser.jpg|Martin's Tower
File:Losser, de Hervormde kerk RM26296 foto1 2013-04-22 17.08.jpg|Reformed church
File:Losser, de Sint Martinuskerk foto8 2013-04-22 17.01.jpg|Church: de Sint Martinuskerk
File:Overdinkel, Roomskatholieke Kerk.jpg|Overdinkel, Rooms katholieke Kerk
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010402021951/http://www.gemeentelosser.nl/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Losser
 | North     = [[Dinkelland]]
 | Northeast = [[Nordhorn]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])
 | East      = [[Bad Bentheim]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])
 | South     = [[Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia|Gronau]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
 | Southwest = [[Enschede]]
 | West      = [[Dinkelland]]<br>[[Oldenzaal]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Losser}}
{{Overijssel Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Losser| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]
[[Category:Twente]]