SUNSET ITTERBECK

by WILBERT HEIJKOOP photography

Itterbeck (Dutch: Itterbeek) is a town in Germany, 10 kilometers across the Dutch border near Venebrugge in the Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim in the state of Lower Saxony. Itterbeck takes its name from the stream Itter which flows through the village. The municipality has 1,753 inhabitants[1] and cooperates in the Samtgemeinde Uelsen.

The municipality consists of the villages of Itterbeck, Egge, Itterbeckermoor, Kleine Striepe, Balderhaarmoor, Itterbeckerdoose and Ratzel.

The four main streets in Itterbeck are Hauptstraße, Wilsumer Straße, Geteloer Straße and Egger Straße.

The center of the village is home to two car dealerships, those of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. Other facilities include two bank branches, a supermarket, gas station, car wash and a cafeteria. The post office closed its doors several years ago. Residents now have to rely on Uelsen, a village only 5 kilometers east, for this purpose.

Itterbeck is frequently visited by Dutch people because of the relatively favorable price differences of certain items between the Netherlands and Germany, such as gasoline, spirits and detergents.

Itterbeck celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2004.