| Essen (Oldenburg) | |
| Image Coa: | DEU Essen (Oldb) COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 52.7211°N 7.9406°W |
| Image Plan: | Essen in CLP.svg |
| State: | Niedersachsen |
| District: | Cloppenburg |
| Elevation: | 26.10 |
| Area: | 97.97 |
| Postal Code: | 49632 |
| Area Code: | 05434, 05438 |
| Licence: | CLP |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 03 4 53 006 |
| Divisions: | 14 Ortsteile |
| Website: | essen-oldb.de |
| Mayor: | Heinrich Kreßmann[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2021 - 26 |
Essen (Oldenburg) is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the river Hase, about north of Quakenbrück and southwest of Cloppenburg.Essen consists of the following villages: Addrup, Ahausen, Barlage, Bartmannsholte, Beverdiek, Bevern, Bokel, Brokstreek, Calhorn, Darrel, Essen proper, Felde, Gut Lage, Herbergen, Hülsenmoor, Nordholte, Osteressen, Sandloh and Uptloh.
The reference to Oldenburg serves to allow disambiguation with the much larger Essen (Ruhr). It is part of the official name as stated in the town constitution, which also prescribes the styling using parentheses.[2]
The mayor of Essen is Heinrich Kreßmann, first elected in 2016,[3] and re-elected in 2021.