Beckum

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Coat of arms of the city of Beckum
Beckum
Map of Germany, position of the city of Beckum highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 45 '  N , 8 ° 2'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Circle : Warendorf
Height : 100 m above sea level NHN
Area : 111.46 km 2
Residents: 36,815 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 330 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 59269
Primaries : 02521, 02525Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : WAF, BE
Community key : 05 5 70 008
LOCODE : DE BEC
City structure: 4 districts

City administration address : 		Weststrasse 46
59269 Beckum
Website : www.beckum.de
Mayor : Karl-Uwe Strothmann ( CDU )
Location of the city of Beckum in the Warendorf district
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The city of Beckum ( Low German Biäkem ) is a middle district town in the Warendorf district in North Rhine-Westphalia and has about 37,000 inhabitants.

Beckum is the namesake for a small mountain range in the Münsterland, the Beckum Mountains .

geography

Expansion of the urban area

The area of ​​the city of Beckum has a north-south extension of 12.8 km and an east-west extension of 12.3 km. The height above NN is in the range from 84.5 to 164 m.

Districts of Beckum
District map of Beckum

Neighboring communities

Starting clockwise in the north, Beckum borders on Ennigerloh , Oelde , Wadersloh , Lippetal and Ahlen . The southern border of the urban area is also the border with the Soest district and the Arnsberg administrative district .

City structure

Beckum consists of the four districts (as of 2018):

Center of Westphalia

Depending on the calculation basis used, the center of Westphalia is south of the city of Beckum in the Unterberg farming community on the border with Lippborg , Lippetal municipality, or already in Lippborg.

history

Beckum 1647. Copper engraving of the townscape of Beckum by Matthäus Merian .
The former town hall and today's town museum of Beckum
Beckum's market square
Beckum (St. Stephanus), view from the southwest
Large seal of the city of Beckum
1339 July 6 (Kl. Marienfeld Urk. 634)


The earliest evidence of human settlement in the Beckum area comes from the Neolithic Age , from which the Beckum-Dalmer gallery grave south of the city has been preserved. In the early Middle Ages, the area around Beckum was populated by Germanic tribes . Several grave finds from the period AD 600–800 testify to this, as well as a rampart south of Beckum. In 1959 a princely grave was uncovered during construction work . Rich grave accessories such as horse skeletons and valuable weapons were found in it.

Beckum was first mentioned in 1134 as parrochia Bikeheim and in 1224 it was first designated as a city. The name is derived from the name Beckhem (Bachheim or Heim an Bächen), which is due to the confluence of three brooks in the urban area. The three brooks Kollenbach , Siechenbach and Lippbach , reproduced in the city's coat of arms, make up the Werse , which has its origin in Beckum. The city was surrounded with a wall to protect it against enemy troops and raids from other cities in the Middle Ages . The Feldmark , the agriculturally used area around the city, was also protected by double to triple ramparts. The fortifications were supplemented by four city gates and 22 watchtowers, of which a defensive tower of the city wall and the so-called Soestwarte have been preserved. The latter is now available to visitors as a viewing tower and, thanks to its location on the Höxberg, allows a wide view of the surrounding area.

According to legend, Beckum is said to be identical to the town of Schilda , the home of the Schild citizens ( Beckum attacks ).

Thanks to a strategically favorable location at the crossroads of two trade routes, Beckum already gained some wealth in the Middle Ages . Numerous merchants and craftsmen settled in the city, which was fortified by a wall. In the later Middle Ages Beckum became a member of the Hanseatic League . The first mention of these trade relations comes from 1433.

In connection with the so-called Spanish winter of 1598/99 , Beckum was taken by Spanish troops under the command of Admiral Mendoza . During the Thirty Years War , the city was also occupied and looted several times.

Through these wars, epidemics ( plague 1635) and devastating fires (1655, 1657 and 1734), in which a large part of the city was destroyed, the city became impoverished. From the 17th century until 1942 there was evidence of a permanent Jewish community in Beckum.

The economy only gradually recovered from the 19th century. In 1872 the first cement works was built in Beckum , followed by numerous others. The cheap raw material deposits ( marl ), the proximity to the Ruhr area and the connection to the new trunk line of the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in 1847 made Beckum one of the most important cement districts in the world. Today there are still two large cement works in Beckum: LafargeHolcim WestZement GmbH and Phoenix Zementwerke Krogbeumker GmbH & Co. KG.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the mining of strontianite was added as an industry. At that time, the Münsterland was the only deposit for strontianite in the world. The mineral was needed in the sugar industry as a catalyst for molasses desugarization. However, the demand for strontianite only lasted a few years. After the cheaper celestine was used as a substitute, the mostly small pits ceased operations.

The city of Beckum was largely spared from being destroyed by bombing raids during World War II . On April 1, 1945, the city was handed over to the advancing American forces by the commandant Rudolf Dunker without a fight. There are also a few bunkers in the city that are occasionally open to visitors.

In the period from 1816 to 1974 Beckum was a district town (see Beckum district ); However, it lost this status in the course of the municipal reorganization to Warendorf . The former license plate BE has been available again since April 2014.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1969, the parishes of Beckum and Vellern were incorporated. On January 1, 1975, Neubeckum was added.

archive

The archive of the city of Beckum is located in the Warendorf district archive . The local history and history association maintains a local history and family archive in the former dormitory.

Population development

year Residents
1975 39,027
1980 37.903
1985 36,725
1990 36,772
1995 38.166
2000 37,916
2005 37,472
2008¹ 36,965
year Residents
2009¹ 36,764
2010¹ 36,736
2011 36,631
2012² 36,062
2015 36,560
2016 36,729
2017 36,689
2018 36,646

¹ Source: Regional database Germany
² Source: IT.NRW

politics

The town hall
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Circular stand building

mayor

The acting mayor has been Dr. Karl-Uwe Strothmann from the CDU . Current deputies are Dr. Rudolf Grothues ( SPD ), Theresia Gerwing ( CDU ) and Karin Burtzlaff ( GREEN ).

City council

2015 1 2014 2009 2004 1999 1994
Political party Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats %
CDU 14th 37.5 14th 37.5 15th 38.0 18th 42.3 19th 44.8 14th 33.3
SPD 14th 36.0 14th 36.0 12 31.2 12 28.3 13 31.6 15th 35.1
FWG 03 08.6 03 08.6 04th 11.7 05 13.2 05 12.2 09 21.5
GREEN 04th 10.4 04th 10.4 04th 11.3 04th 09.4 03 06.6 03 07.4
FDP 03 04.8 02 04.8 03 07.8 03 06.1 02 04.9 00 02.7
Pirates 00 02.6 01 02.6 - - - - - - - -
voter turnout - 45.6 49.3 56.4 54.4 81.8

1 After a pirate switched to the FDP.

coat of arms

Three sloping white wavy bars in red.

The three wavy bars are a symbol of the place name Beckum = Bekehem = Bachheim and stand for the three brooks Kollenbach, Siechenbach and Lippbach, which form the Werse after their confluence in Beckum (newly confirmed on March 26, 1976).

Town twinning

Due to the long-term city ​​partnerships and the associated efforts to deepen the European idea , the Council of Europe presented the city of Beckum with the so-called European diploma in 2003 , the flag of honor two years later and the European plaque in 2010 .

There is also a sponsorship between the city of Beckum and the Federal Association of Grottkauer eV After Beckum already had trade connections in the Middle Ages, the city is now a member of the New Hanseatic League and the Westphalian Hanseatic League .

Environmental policy and sustainability

With the aim of sustainably reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, the city of Beckum joined the association of master plan municipalities in 2016 . In the same year the Fairtrade Towns campaign was also joined.

Culture and sights

Soestwarte observation tower on the Höxberg
Prestressed concrete bridge at its new location in the parking lot of the Vellern service area
Telecommunication tower (left) and Soestwarte (right)
Windmill on Höxberg (aerial photo, 2014)
Pond in the west fire market with a war memorial
Beckum City Theater

Buildings

Beckum has several architectural and art-historical sights.

  • In the city center, directly on the market square, is the Old Town Hall , first mentioned in 1441 , which was probably preceded by a smaller structure from the 13th century. Its core is likely to date from the 15th century. The originally eaves-standing building with side stepped gables and pointed arcades was raised by one storey in 1879. At that time the neo-Gothic stepped gable was also built , which was considerably simplified in 1937. On the front of the market there are copies of two stone sculptures of the city patrons St. Stephanus and St. Sebastian. The originals (created around 1500), presumably from the circle of Heinrich Brabender , are housed inside today. The city ​​museum has been located here since 1986 . To the west of the town hall is directly connected to the former city cellar building, which is also provided with an archway. Today it houses the pharmacy on the market .
  • Behind the town hall is the provost church of St. Stephanus (today's shape from the 13th century). This largest church in Beckum houses the Prudentia shrine , the most important sacred treasure in the city. It is a golden reliquary from the 1230s. Originally dedicated to the church patrons Stephanus and Sebastian as well as Fabian, the relics of the martyr Prudentia were transferred to him in 1881 , and the name has been there ever since. The shrine is probably the most valuable of its kind in all of Westphalia. Also of importance is the historical Klais organ with 60 registers (pneumatic cone chest organ from 1913, restored in 1984 by the company Stockmann, new renovated 2012 by the builders Klais occasion of the centenary in 2013.). It is also worth mentioning the twelve-part bell in the tower of the provost church, which is supplemented by two clock chimes in a dormer and a carillon (twelve-part).
  • The remains of the former Augustinian convent of Blumenthal can be found on Südstrasse (No. 21) . Originally located to the west of the city gates, it was moved to the city in 1451. The chapel was consecrated in 1463. In the great city fire of 1657, the entire monastery complex was almost completely destroyed. In 1814 the monastery was finally closed. Of the buildings demolished in 1845, only the former dormitory remained, which was renovated from 2007 to 2009 and has been used as a home and family archive since August 15, 2009.
  • The former post office at the entrance to Nordstrasse was built in 1857/58. The late classicist building with a three-axis central projection and outside staircase was extensively restored in 1980/81.
  • Due to three city fires (1655, 1657 and 1734) only a few older residential buildings remained in the inner city. The house Linnenstrasse 7 ( Ackerbürgerhaus restaurant ), a half-timbered hallway house from the second half of the 17th century, dates directly from the time after the first two major fires. Most of the other representatives of this type, however, emerged later. B. Weststrasse 19 from 1785.
  • On the west fire market (actually the west front of the market) was in 1886 Kreisständehaus built. The building, built in the neo-Gothic style, served as the seat of the district administration and is still very well preserved today.
  • Nearby is the square Buddenturm , the last of 22 defensive towers that were formerly part of the medieval city fortifications . It has been rebuilt several times and now serves as a home parlor. The Soestwarte on the Höxberg is one of the last examples of once the Feldmark surrounding Landwehr .
  • The Jewish cemetery is located in the area of ​​the former ramparts, directly outside the former city wall. It was first mentioned in a document in 1690. Several gravestones from the 18th to 20th centuries can be found here.
  • In 1938, during the construction of the Reichsautobahn between Beckum and Oelde in the Hesseler farmers' community (Vellern district), the Weg Hesseler overpass was built, the first prestressed concrete bridge over a motorway in Germany. It was dismantled in 2012 and rebuilt as a memorial at the nearby Vellern rest area.


Leisure and culture

The city of Beckum is located in the Münsterland park landscape, which is characterized by agriculture and therefore offers a variety of leisure and recreational opportunities. Around Beckum there are approx. 370 km of well-developed bike paths that lead through the hilly landscape of the southeastern Münsterland. Particularly noteworthy are the Werse Cycle Path , the 100 Castles Route , the Cement Route and the Roman Lippe Route through Lippborg , which is easy to reach via farm roads and runs south of Beckum .

The main hiking trail X1 from Olfen to Lippstadt and a section of the Münsterland riding route run through the city.

In the vicinity of the city there are some renatured quarries that have been converted into recreational areas, such as B. the active park Phönix with a large playground and a climbing wall of the German Alpine Club (DAV), or the leisure facility at Tuttenbrocksee with a beach and a water ski facility.

Wooded areas such as the Höxberg (with an exercise path and wildlife enclosure) or the Vellerner Brook offer hikers well-developed paths, parks and refreshment stops.

In the city center there are several parks and green spaces available as oases of calm. Several hotels in and around Beckum guarantee accommodation for tourists.

Furthermore, Beckum owns a large number of different sports facilities such as B. Indoor and outdoor pools, sports halls, sports fields, tennis facilities and riding facilities.

Club life has a long tradition in Beckum and is reflected in the large number of sports, shooting clubs (12 clubs), carnivals (22 clubs in the umbrella company) and other clubs.

Other cultural institutions are the city ​​museum in the old town hall with a permanent exhibition on Beckum's city history, a carnival museum and changing exhibitions, the city theater with its Filou cultural initiative , the Galen museum forge , the cement museum and numerous cultural events and festivals. For thirty years, the music in the old rectory in Vellern has been an important part of the city's musical life with over 300 high-level chamber concerts.

Open-air cinema on the market square

Regular events

  • Carnival: Session opening on 11.11. and several parades between Weiberfastnacht and bell Tuesday
  • Beckumer Spitzen: Cabaret program in the Beckum Stadttheater
  • Dance into May: April 30th, Beckum market square
  • Shooting festivals: June to September in all districts
  • City festival Neubeckum: first weekend in June
  • Beckum Summer: “Free and outside” - art and music events in Beckum and Neubeckum
  • International women's pole vault meeting : Jahnstadion Beckum, August
  • Autocross race: Vellern district, August
  • Pütt days: City festival in Beckum, first weekend in September
  • Sunday shopping and moonlight shopping
  • Music in the old rectory: chamber music concerts , Vellern district
  • Christmas markets: all districts

regional customs

Guilds, guilds and brotherhoods

Since the Middle Ages, some craft guilds (offices) have been preserved in Beckum . At the annual captans festivals, the old ceremonies and customs are carried on by their members.

  • Blacksmith's office
  • Krameramt
  • Schumacher's guild, hairdressers and saddlers (first mentioned in 1441)
  • Bakery and butcher's office
  • Carpenter's office

A special feature of the brotherhood of Beckumer Bauknechte represent. Their surviving for over 550 years and is still carried out Heischegänge can probably Carnival are considered predecessor of Beckum.

carnival

Rumskedi hangover as baked goods

As a stronghold of the Westphalian carnival, the annual Rose Monday parade is known far beyond the city limits. In 1895 the largest Rose Monday procession in Westphalia ran in Beckum with nine cars. As more and more cars were built and clubs were founded in the following years, in 2012 it was already 42 cars and 43 foot groups and a spectator number of more than 20,000. The symbol of the Beckum Carnival has been the Rumskedi tomcat for many years. It represents a hunched, black tomcat. A car of the carnival procession was built for him a few years ago. Since it splashes with water, it is a special attraction for the spectators of the train. A carnival exhibition in the town museum provides information about this tradition all year round.

Rose Monday procession 2009

Due to a serious accident during the storming of the town hall, in which the city prince and two court marshals were injured, the Rose Monday procession was postponed to Pentecost Sunday at short notice. There were over 60,000 visitors.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Neubeckum train station
old train station and new bus station (behind) Beckum

Rail transport

The Neubeckum station is located on the -Minden Hamm railway line . The RE 6 " Rhein-Weser-Express " Cologne / Bonn Airport - Düsseldorf - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden ( DB Regio NRW ) and the RB 69 " Ems-Börde-Bahn " Münster -Hamm stop at Neubeckum station every hour –Bielefeld ( eurobahn ), so that there is a total of about half an hourly service.

In the future, the two existing lines are to be replaced by the RRX 4 and RRX 6 lines of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express .

Furthermore, the non-electrified Münster – Warstein railway of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (WLE) runs through the Beckum urban area. This is only used by freight trains and primarily serves to supply the local cement works with pure limestone from Warstein . The resumption of passenger traffic on the section between Münster and Sendenhorst, which was discontinued in 1975, has now been decided and is expected to take place in 2024. A feasibility study was commissioned for reactivating the section from Sendenhorst via Beckum.

Road traffic

Beckum has a junction on the A 2 Oberhausen - Hanover - Berlin.

The B 58 ( Straelen - Langenberg ) and the B 475 ( Emsdetten - Soest ) cross the city.

Bus transport

Since the district of Neubeckum and thus also the train station is about 5 km away from the district of Beckum, there is a separate bus station in Beckum, which is regularly served by regional buses, city buses and an express bus line. Regional buses run from the bus station to Lippetal , Wadersloh , Lippstadt , Oelde , Warendorf , Ennigerloh , Ahlen and Hamm . Two lines connect Beckum with Neubeckum. There is an hourly express bus to Münster via Neubeckum, Ahlen-Vorhelm and Sendenhorst . On weekends, the timetable is supplemented by two night bus routes to Münster and Lippstadt, and in summer by a bicycle bus route to Münster. The bus transport is carried out by the regional transport company Münsterland (RVM).

As the city estimates that the bus station was too far from the city center (approx. 500 m), it should be moved a few meters to the south in 2011. However, this was prevented by a citizens' initiative to preserve Marienplatz, to which the bus station was to be relocated. Instead, the old square was rebuilt. The innovations included, among other things, an expansion of the bicycle parking spaces.

Established businesses

Panoramic view of cement field
Nordstrasse pedestrian zone
Brauhaus Stiefel Juergens

Numerous small and medium-sized companies from various industries are located in Beckum and the surrounding districts, e.g. B .:

Building materials industry:

Mechanical and plant engineering:

Logistics and Transport:

  • B-Logistik GmbH
  • Forwarding agency Werner Ruploh KG
  • Spedition Flüggen GmbH

Breweries and distilleries:

  • Private brewery "Stiefel" Jürgens (oldest brewery in Westphalia from 1680)
  • Kornbrand distillery H. Hessling
  • Friedrich Fröhlich grain distillery

Other:

  • Berief Food GmbH
  • Schrader T + A Fahrzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG

In addition, several service companies from the human resources and health sector are based in Beckum.

The assessment rate for property tax A is 235%, for property tax B 435% and for trade tax 425% (as of July 2016).

retail trade

In downtown Beckum there is a pedestrian zone on Nordstrasse and Weststrasse with numerous retail shops and handicraft businesses for everyday needs. Adjacent streets are partially traffic-calmed. In 1973, Nordstrasse was expanded as a pedestrian zone. There are also two local shopping centers on the outskirts (Grevenbrede, Cheruskerstraße).

The district of Neubeckum has a pedestrianized shopping street in the center.

Agriculture and Forestry

The cultivation of grains such as barley , wheat and oats , as well as the cultivation of maize , rapeseed and, recently, a few soybeans , characterize the landscape around the city of Beckum. There is also the breeding of pigs and poultry as well as dairy farming.

Forestry only plays a subordinate role. Christmas trees are cultivated on a small scale .

Some forest and meadow areas and recultivated quarries are under nature protection, e.g. B. the nature reserve Brunsberg with released Heck cattle , the former quarries Friedrichshorst and Vellern or the forest area Paterholz.

Authorities and institutions

  • City administration and citizens' office in the new town hall, Weststrasse 46
    Beckum District Court
  • Beckum Police Station, Kettelerstraße 8
  • St. Elisabeth Hospital, Elisabethstrasse 10
  • Beckum District Court , Elisabethstrasse 15–17
  • Beckum tax office , Paterweg 25
  • Beckum customs office , Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 44
  • Vehicle registration office of the Road Traffic Office, Auf dem Tigge 21a
  • Federal Employment Agency , Elisabethstrasse 2
  • Warendorf district job center , Beckum contact point, Alleestraße 72 - 74
  • Beckum Volunteer Fire Brigade
    • Beckum fire and rescue station, Münsterweg 11
    • Vellern fire station , Dorfstrasse 48
    • Fire station Neubeckum, Spiekerstraße 9
  • Technical Relief Organization (THW), Beckum branch, Siemensstrasse 11
  • German Red Cross (DRK), Beckum local association, Obere Wilhelmstrasse 124

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Theodor Anton Brüning (1822–1911), bailiff of the city of Beckum
  • Carl Fehling (1860–1933), mayor
  • Alfred Moll (1878–1965), council member and sponsor of the Neubeckum district
  • Clemens Sprenker (1883–1968), mayor of the parish of Beckum and, since March 1946, mayor of the Beckum office
  • Curt Prüssing Dr.-Ing. (1896–1988), industrialist, managing director and chairman of the supervisory board of the Polysius company
  • Heinrich Haverkemper (1901–1989), local politician
  • Sister Maria Blanda, b. Anita Bußmann (1898–1980), religious sister, long-time carer for orphans
  • Max Hagedorn Dr. (1904–1998), post-war mayor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
  • Heinrich-Gerhard Bücker (1922–2008), painter and sculptor
  • Rudolf Dunker (1916–2008), 1945 commander of the city of Beckum. Surrendered the city to the American armed forces without a fight

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities associated with Beckum

literature

Web links

Commons : Beckum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .  ( Help on this )
  2. ↑ Beckum location ( [1] ).
  3. ^ Rudolf Grothues: To the center of Westphalia ( LWL - Westphalia Regional ).
  4. ↑ Osnabrück Document Book I 255.
  5. ^ Westphalian document book III 207.
  6. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 94 .
  7. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 312 .
  8. ↑ https://www.beckum.de/de/rathaus/buergermeister/stellvertreterinnen.html
  9. ↑ https://www.beckum.de/wahlen/APP/gw2014.html
  10. ↑ https://www.beckum.de/wahlen/APP/gw2009.html
  11. ↑ https://www.beckum.de/wahlen/APP/gw2004.html
  12. ↑ https://www.beckum.de/wahlen/APP/gw1999.html
  13. ↑ https://www.beckum.de/wahlen/APP/gw1994.html
  14. ↑ http://www.die-glocke.de/lokalnachrichten/kreiswarendorf/beckum/Pirat-Ortner-wechselelt-zu-den-Liberalen-5e83d7ff-c61d-4d69-ba0e-d5b1e9e5a4e1-ds
  15. ↑ www.hansebund.org Homepage Westfälischer Hansebund.
  16. ↑ Fairtrade Towns: Homepage. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Martin Gesing: The shrine of St. Prudentia in the provost church in Beckum. Beckum 2007, ISBN 978-3-9811741-0-6 (109 p., Numerous illustrations, Westphalia regional: The Beckumer Prudentiaschrein )
  18. ↑ International gallery and database of civil engineering
  19. ↑ Beckum cement route
  20. ↑ Map of Münsterland - main hiking trail X1
  21. ^ Münsterland Tourismus - The Münsterland riding route
  22. ↑ TwinCable water ski at Tuttenbrocksee
  23. ↑ Stadttheater Beckum - Filou cultural initiative
  24. ↑ Beckum cement museum
  25. ↑ Music in the old rectory - chamber music
  26. ^ History of the Beckum Carnival. Retrieved February 28, 2012 .
  27. ↑ Newspaper article on the Beckum Rosenmontagszug 2012, online newspaper Die Glocke . Retrieved February 28, 2012 .
  28. ↑ rumskedi-helau.de: Rose Monday procession on Pentecost Sunday
  29. ^ ARD report (daily topics): Carnival Beckum Whitsun 2009 on YouTube .
  30. ↑ Beate Kopmann: Expand the WLE route to Lippstadt. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
  31. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: Marienplatz in LWL-GeodatenKultur
  32. ^ City administration Beckum
  33. ↑ Elisabeth Hospital
  34. ↑ Beckum District Court
  35. ↑ Beckum Tax Office (304)
  36. ↑ customs office Beckum, office DE008356
  37. ^ Beckum Road Traffic Office - vehicle registration office
  38. ↑ Beckum Volunteer Fire Brigade
  39. ^ THW local association Beckum
  40. ↑ Honorary Citizens. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .