Losser

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Losser

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Losser Steenfabriek De Werklust.JPG

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Overijssel

| government_footnotes = {{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

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|archivedate = 27 July 2014

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = VVD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jeroen Diepemaat

| unit_pref = Metric

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|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

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|archivedate=21 September 2013

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| population_demonym = Lossernaar, Lossenaar

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 7580–7589

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 053, 0541

| website = {{URL|1=https://www.losser.nl/}}

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File:Gem-Losser-OpenTopo.jpg

Losser ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɔsər|-|Nl-Losser.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is at the eastern end of the A1 motorway.

Population centres

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Beuningen
De Lutte
Glane
Losser
Overdinkel

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Losser

The oldest known reference to Losser dates from the tenth century.Stenvert, R. et al. (1998). Monumenten in Nederland: Overijssel, p. 213–215, 240. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. {{ISBN|90-400-9200-1}}. 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.Buisman, J. (2000). Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de lage landen: 1575–1675, p. 597. Franeker: Van Wijnen. {{ISBN|90-5194-136-6}}.

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 monastery in Europe. Originally founded in 1911 as the St Olaf monastery by Norwegian 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.{{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}}{{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}}

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.

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 [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3371046/ IMDb Database] retrieved 04 October 2019
Moniek Nijhuis (born 1988 in Overdinkel) a Dutch swimmer, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics