Velen

Velen
Velen Castle
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Coordinates: 51°53′38″N 06°59′23″E / 51.89389°N 6.98972°E / 51.89389; 6.98972Coordinates: 51°53′38″N 06°59′23″E / 51.89389°N 6.98972°E / 51.89389; 6.98972
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Borken
Subdivisions	6
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Dagmar Jeske[1]
Area
• Total	70.52 km2 (27.23 sq mi)
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	13,112
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	46342
Dialling codes	0 28 63
Vehicle registration	BOR
Website	www.velen.de

Velen is a town in the district Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with about 12,000 citizens. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and Ramsdorf and the four rural regions Ostendorf-Krueckling, Bleking-Holthausen, Nordvelen and Waldvelen. In 2003 the town received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president. Since August 2012 it is a town.

Personalities[]

Hendrickje Stoffels

• Hendrickje Stoffels (1626-1663), partner of the Dutch Baroque painter Rembrandt
• Ludwig Averkamp (1927-2013), Archbishop of Hamburg
• Klaus Balkenhol (born 1939), German dressage rider
• (born 1956), writer
• Marv Terhoch, son of Velen-born Kurt Terhoch, refugee to Canada in 1939

The Humberghaus Dingden, near by Velen, from 1814, home of Kurt's mother Freda (Frieda) Terhoch

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