Lotte | |
Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DEU Lotte COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 52.2764°N 7.9167°W |
Image Plan: | Lotte in ST.svg |
State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Region: | Münster |
District: | Steinfurt |
Elevation: | 66 |
Area: | 38 |
Postal Code: | 49504 |
Area Code: | 05404 0541 (Büren) 05405 (Osterberg) |
Licence: | ST |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 5 66 048 |
Divisions: | 5 |
Website: | www.lotte.de |
Mayor: | Rainer Lammers[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
Party: | independent |
Lotte is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Lotte is situated on the north side of the Teutoburg Forest, close to the border of Lower Saxony and approx. 10 km west of Osnabrück.
The municipality consists of 5 districts:
The town plays host to football club Sportfreunde Lotte, who currently play in the Regionalliga West after promotion from the Oberliga Westfalen in 2024. They have previously played as high as the 3. Liga, and in 2017, they reached the quarterfinals of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal.[2]