Lingen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008 the population was 52.353 in addition about 5,000 secondary residents. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" (External Link), is located on the river Ems in the southern part of the Emsland county and district respectively, which is bordering to North Rhine-Westphalia in the south and to the Netherlands in the west. Lingen was first mentioned in medieval times (975 A.D.). More recently Lingen is known for its offshore- and nuclear industry (nucl… (More on Lingen)