Neuenkirchen, Westphalia

Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster.

Neuenkirchen
Coat of arms
Location of Neuenkirchen within Steinfurt district
North Rhine-WestphaliaBorken (district)Coesfeld (district)MünsterWarendorf (district)Lower SaxonyGrevenSaerbeckLienenLengerichLaerAltenbergeHorstmarNordwaldeLadbergenMetelenHörstelWesterkappelnIbbenbürenSteinfurtWettringenNeuenkirchenMettingenLotteHopstenOchtrupRheineReckeTecklenburgEmsdetten
Neuenkirchen
Neuenkirchen
Coordinates: 52°14′28″N 7°22′08″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictSteinfurt
Government
 • MayorFranz Möllering
Area
 • Total48 km2 (19 sq mi)
Elevation
58 m (190 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total13,905
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
48485
Dialling codes05973
Vehicle registrationST
Websitewww.neuenkirchen.de
Neuenkirchen: Catholic church Sankt Anna

Geography

Neighbouring places

Division of the municipality
  • St. Arnold
  • Offlum
  • Sutrum-Harum
  • Landersum

Politics

Town assembly

After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure:

  • CDU 15 seats
  • SPD 5 seats
  • Green Party 2 seats
  • FDP 1 seats
  • UWG 3 seats

Sons and daughters of the community
  • Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse).
  • Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price
  • August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
  • Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer
  • André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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