Werl

Werl
Werl
	Wallfahrtsbasilika
	Coat of arms
	Location of Werl within Soest district
	Werl Werl
	Coordinates: 51°33′0″N 7°55′12″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Soest
Subdivisions	10
Government
• Mayor	Michael Grossmann (CDU)
Area
• Total	76.24 km2 (29.44 sq mi)
Highest elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Lowest elevation	73 m (240 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	30,772
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	59457
Dialling codes	02922
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	www.werl.de

Werl is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Werl, Chapelle Mutter Gottes in der Not

Geography

Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area. The Hellweg road runs through the city, as Werl is a part of the fertile Bördelandschaft of the Werl–Unnaer Börde.

Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the town

Werl consists of the following districts:

Blumenthal (48 inhabitants)
Budberg (596 inhabitants)
Büderich (3107 inhabitants)
Hilbeck (1339 inhabitants)
Holtum (1049 inhabitants)
Mawicke (521 inhabitants)
Niederbergstraße (210 inhabitants)
Oberbergstraße (363 inhabitants)
Sönnern (870 inhabitants)
Westönnen (2665 inhabitants)
Werl (22151 inhabitants)

History

Werl was a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages, and has contained a statue of the Virgin Mary since 1661, which caused a pilgrimage to Werl. Today this relic is located in the Wallfahrtsbasilika, and the Franciscan religious order takes care of it. Werl is the location of the third largest prisons in North Rhine-Westphalia, the Werl Prison.

The 4th United States Army Field Artillery Detachment was stationed in Werl until 1992.

Mayors

1958–1965: Ferdinand Pöppinghaus (1923–1965) (CDU)
1965–1981: Amalie Rohrer (1922-2014) (CDU)
1981–1985: Heinz Sasse (CDU)
1986–1994: Elisabeth Böhmer (CDU)
1994–1996: Kunibert Becker (1934-2001) (CDU)
1996–1999: Friedrich Leopold Graf von Brühl, (born 1944) (CDU)
since 1999 full-time: Michael Grossmann, (born 1948) (CDU)

Notable people

Franz von Papen in 1936

Franz von Papen: German nobleman, Roman Catholic monarchist politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler in 1933 to 1934, and who helped him come to power, was born in Werl on 29 October 1879.
Philipp Rosenthal (1855-1937), businessman and founder of Rosenthal AG at Schloss Erkersreuth in Selb.
Ulla Wiesner (born 1940), singer
Theodor Redder (born 1941), football national player
Dimitri Hegemann (born 1954), cultural manager, musician and founder of the club "Tresor" in Berlin
Martin Auer (born 1963), jazz musician
Martin Kree (born 1965), footballer
Bernd Mönkebüscher (born 1966), author, Roman Catholic theologian and priest
Uwe Grauer (born 1970), footballer and coach

International relations

Werl is twinned with:

Halle, Belgium, since 1973

References

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

External links

Official website (in German)
Images from Werl (in German)

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