Tunxdorf

Tunxdorf is a little village belonging to Papenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Along with the neighbor village Nenndorf it constitutes the "Tunxdorf-Nenndorf" district of Papenburg. In 1992 343 inhabitants lived overall in Tunxdorf and Nenndorf.

Geographical location

Tunxdorf is located between Aschendorf and Papenburg close to the boundary of the Netherlands and southern from Ostfriesland. The river Ems traverses Tunxdorf. In Tunxdorf the Ems has a nature protection area called "Tunxdorfer Schleife".

Culture and recreation

The lake "Tunxdorfer Waldsee" originated at the dike construction for the Ems has a sandy beach and is used for swimming. Moreover Tunxdorf has a camping ground. As many other villages in the Emsland Tunxdorf and Nenndorf have their own Schützenfest, which is yearly celebrated on Ascension Day. The hymn of Tunxdorf and Nenndorf is called "Aulkenpott" remembering the "Aulken", a kind of dwarves, which reputedly lived in former times in Tunxdorf according to the sage.