2000 the institutes in Lingen merged into the Faculty of Society and Technology. In 2010 there are expected to be about 2,000 students attending. Climate On 25 July 2019, Lingen set the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded within Germany with a daytime high temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) during a heat wave affecting much of Europe. Twin towns – sister cities Lingen is twinned with: Bielawa, Poland Burton upon Trent, England, United Kingdom Elbeuf, France Marienberg, Germany Salt, Spain Transport Lingen (Ems) Notable people Eberhard von Danckelmann (1643–1722), Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1692 to 1697 Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (c.1691–c.1747), German-American Dutch-Reformed minister and theologian Konrad Beckhaus (1821–1890), Protestant clergyman and botanist Joseph Rosemeyer (1872–1919), track cyclist, competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), Bishop of Osnabrück in 1914–1955 Herms Niel (1888–1954), composer of military songs and marches, lived and died there Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing car driver Harry Kramer (1925–1997), sculptor, choreographer, dancer and professor of art Beatrix Borchard (born 1950), musicologist and author Peter van Roye (born 1950), rower Wilfried Telkämper (born 1953), MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament 1989–1992 Reinhold Hilbers (born 1964), politician (CDU) Jens Gieseke (born 1971), politician (CDU), Member of the European Parliament Christian Drosten (born 1972), virologist Ingo Schultz (born 1975), 400 metres runner Michael Rensing (born 1984), footballer References External links students website Towns in Lower Saxony Emsland