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{{Infobox German location
|type              = Stadt
|name              = Sulingen
|image_photo       = 439sulingen.jpg
|image_caption     = Church of Saint Nicholas
|image_coa         = Wappen Sulingen.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|40|N|08|48|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Sulingen in DH.svg
|state             = Niedersachsen
|district          = Diepholz
|elevation         = 49
|area              = 110.61
|postal_code       = 27232
|area_code         = 0 42 71
|licence           = DH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 51 040
|divisions         = 6 districts
|website           = [https://www.sulingen.de/ www.sulingen.de]
|mayor             = Patrick Bade<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
|party             = Independent
}}
'''Sulingen''' is a town in the [[Diepholz (district)|district of Diepholz]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is situated approximatively 30&nbsp;km east of [[Diepholz]], and 45&nbsp;km south of [[Bremen]].

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|LIT}} [[Joniškis]], Lithuania<ref>{{cite web|title=International Relations|url=http://www.joniskis.lt/International%20relations%20713|work=joniskis.lt|accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref>

== People from Sulingen ==
[[File:Liesel Westermann 1968.jpg|thumb|left|140px|[[Liesel Westermann]], 1968]]
* [[Walter Momper]] (born 1945), German politician (SPD),  [[Governing Mayor of Berlin]] 1989–1991 and [[President of the German Bundesrat]] 1989-1990
=== Sport ===
* [[Liesel Westermann]] (born 1944), German discus thrower, silver medallist at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]; world record holder, 1967-1971.
* [[Jan Rosenthal]] (born 1986), footballer who played 234 games and 16 for [[Germany national under-21 football team]]
* [[Maurice Deville]] (born 1992), a Luxembourgish footballer who has played over 320 games

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Diepholz (district)}}

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[[Category:Towns in Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Diepholz (district)]]


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