Tecklenburg

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Tecklenburg
Tecklenburg, Marktplatz.jpg
Coat of arms of Tecklenburg
Coat of arms
Location of Tecklenburg within Steinfurt district
Tecklenburg is located in Germany
Tecklenburg
Tecklenburg
Coordinates: 52°13′10″N 7°48′45″E / 52.21944°N 7.81250°E / 52.21944; 7.81250Coordinates: 52°13′10″N 7°48′45″E / 52.21944°N 7.81250°E / 52.21944; 7.81250
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictSteinfurt
Subdivisions17
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Stefan Streit[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total70.37 km2 (27.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation
201 m (659 ft)
Lowest elevation
122 m (400 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,138
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49545
Dialling codes05482
Vehicle registrationST, BF, TE
Websitewww.tecklenburg.de

Tecklenburg (German: [ˈtɛklənˌbʊʁk] (About this soundlisten)) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its name comes from the ruined castle around which it was built.

Coat of arms[]

The coat of arms shows an anchor and three seeblatts.

Geography[]

It is located at the foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, southwest of Osnabrück.

Division of the town[]

Tecklenburg consists of 4 districts (with farming communities):

  • Tecklenburg
  • Brochterbeck
    • Oberdorf
    • Niederdorf
    • Holthausen
    • Wallen-Lienen
    • Horstmersch
  • Ledde
    • Danebrock
    • Oberbauer
    • Wieck
  • Leeden
    • Loose
    • Oberberge

Neighbouring municipalities[]

History[]

In the 12th century the county of Tecklenburg emerged in the region that is now called the "Tecklenburger Land" in the western foothills of the Teutoburg Forest. It was annexed by the neighbouring county of Bentheim in 1263, and Tecklenburg still had a count until the 19th century. Even today, some local descendants of the Bentheim / Tecklenburg families are sometimes considered as aristocrats. Much like many other European aristocrats, their family can be traced back to Charlemagne (800s) or is linked with the blood lines of old European royal families (e.g. in the case of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg there is a link with the House of Orange – the Dutch royal family).

Tecklenburg has retained some of its medieval townscape to date. Main sites include the ruined castle (now serving as open-air theatre during the summer) and the Stadtkirche (the main, old church) including tombs of the dukes of Tecklenburg and others prominent in the history of the county and city.

Today, the city of Tecklenburg (from a perspective of size really not a city but a town) is a tourist destination.

Tecklenburg Castle[]

Main article: Tecklenburg Castle

Tecklenburg Castle is a ruined fortification in Tecklenburg, used today as an outdoor theatre.

The castle was built around 1250. made a lot of structural changes. Around 1700, the castle was dilapidated and its brick and stone was used for other buildings in Tecklenburg, leaving nothing but a ruin.[3]

International relations[]

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Tecklenburg is twinned with:

Sons and daughters of the town[]

Hermann Beitzke around 1910
  • Adolf von Tecklenburg (c. 1185–1224), Bishop of Osnabrück
  • Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1767–1845), theologian
  • Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, Senior (1831–1910), theologian
  • Hermann Beitzke (1875–1953), physician and tuberculosis researcher
  • Erwin Vierow (1890–1982), General of the Infantry

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ Edgar Warnecke, Das große Buch der Burgen und Schlösser im Land von Hase und Ems. Verlag H. Th. Wenner, ISBN 3-87898-297-6

External links[]

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