Lotte (German pronunciation: [ˈlɔtə] ) is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Geography
Lotte is situated on the north side of the Teutoburg Forest, close to the border of Lower Saxony and approximately 10 km west of Osnabrück.
Division of the town
The municipality consists of 5 districts:
Bueren
Wersen
Halen
Alt Lotte
Osterberg
Sports
The town plays host to football club Sportfreunde Lotte, who currently play in the Regionalliga West after promotion from the Oberliga Westfalen in 2024. They have previously played as high as the 3. Liga, and in 2017, they reached the quarterfinals of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal.