Lathen is a small village located in northwestern Lower Saxony, Germany near the Ems River and close to the Dutch border. It is known for the Transrapid magnetic levitation train test track. The village is surrounded by nature including forests, moors, and swimming lakes. It contains one large school that combines several types of schools from elementary to secondary levels. While there are few fashion shops, there are discount stores to meet daily needs. Tourism increases in the summer due to nearby camping grounds.

1. Our village Lathen
In the North Western part of Lower Saxony you
find a small village called Lathen, quietly
located in the beautiful Emsland countryside
near the Ems, not far from the North Sea and
close to the Dutch border.
It's best known in Germany as the location of
the transrapid train test track.

2. All around Lathen there is plenty of nature:
green forests, moors, the idyllic Ems valley
and lovely swimming lakes.
You can practice lots of hobbies there: camping,
fishing, riding horses, cruising in leisure
boats...

4. There is one big school called 'Grund- und
Oberschule Lathen' which combines four
different kinds of schools: Grundschule,
Oberschule, Hauptschule and Realschule.
School starts at 8o'clock and finishes at 13.25.
There are free time activities in the afternoon,
but they are not obligatory. You can go there if
you like. Only the pupils of the German
Oberschule must stay at school in the
afternoon twice a week.
If you want to find out more about our school,
just have a look at our homepage

5. The main entrance of our
school

6. There are not so many cool shops in Lathen,
where you can buy fashionable clothes. But
there are lots of discounters, where you can find
everything you need for your daily life.
You can see lots of camping grounds, too and in
summer you meet many tourists there.

7. Our church

8. A small street in our village

9. Some smaller shops

10. The town hall