Neuenkirchen, Westphalia
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Neuenkirchen | |
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Location of Neuenkirchen within Steinfurt district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 52°14′28″N 7°22′08″E / 52.24111°N 7.36889°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Steinfurt |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Wilfried Brüning[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 48 km2 (19 sq mi) |
Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 14,096 |
• Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 48485 |
Dialling codes | 05973 |
Vehicle registration | ST |
Website | www.neuenkirchen.de |
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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.
Geography
[edit]Neighbouring places
[edit]Division of the municipality
[edit]Politics
[edit]Town assembly
[edit]![]() | This section needs to be updated.(June 2021) |
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
[edit]- 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
- Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), American Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher
- August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
- Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer
- André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer
References
[edit]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in German)