Tecklenburg

Tecklenburg (German: [ˈtɛklənˌbʊʁk] (listen)) 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.

Tecklenburg
Coat of arms
Location of Tecklenburg within Steinfurt district
Tecklenburg
Tecklenburg
Coordinates: 52°13′10″N 7°48′45″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictSteinfurt
Subdivisions17
Government
 • MayorStefan Streit (SPD)
Area
 • Total70.37 km2 (27.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation
201 m (659 ft)
Lowest elevation
122 m (400 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total9,070
 • Density130/km2 (330/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

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. Anna von Tecklenburg-Schwerin 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.[2]

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

See also

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. Edgar Warnecke, Das große Buch der Burgen und Schlösser im Land von Hase und Ems. Verlag H. Th. Wenner, ISBN 3-87898-297-6
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