Ankum

Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA.

Ankum
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Ankum within Osnabrück district
Ankum Show map of Germany Ankum Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Osnabrück
Municipal assoc.	Bersenbrück
Government
• Mayor	Detert Brummer-Bange
Area
• Total	66.32 km2 (25.61 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,035
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49577
Dialling codes	05462
Vehicle registration	OS
Website	www.ankum.de

The parish Ankum includes the municipalities Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal Eggermühlen; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Kettenkamp, Nortrup-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Tütingen, Westerholte.

Today the unless otherwise stated municipalities constitute the village Ankum.

People

• Georg Preuße (born 1950), actor
• Heinrich Arminius Rattermann (1832-1923), writer, historian, entrepreneur