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Papenburg is a metropolis inside the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. It is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer-Werft, which makes a speciality of constructing cruise liners. In the Chronicle of the Frisians, written in the sixteenth century with the aid of the East-Frisian council Eggerik Benninga, the Papenburg is stated for the first time. In 1458, Hayo von Haren, known as "von der Papenburch", confessed to be leaned with the Papenburg. The agreement that changed into made because of this is the earliest verifiably documented point out of Papenburg.
On 2 December 1630, the district administrator Dietrich von Velen purchased the manor for 1500 Reichsthaler from Friedrich von Schwarzenberg to be able to found a agreement in the fen-surrounded region. On four April 1631, Bishop Ferdinand von Münster leased the then fortress and manor Papenburg to Dietrich von Velen. This is taken into consideration to be the muse of the town of Papenburg. Matthias von Velen and his spouse Margartha Anna, born von Galen, endowed the oldest church in Papenburg on 7 December 1680, devoted to Anthony the Great, making him its client saint.
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