Billerbeck

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Circle : Coesfeld
Height : 106 m above sea level NHN
Area : 91.36 km 2
Residents: 11,597 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 127 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 48727
Area code : 02543
License plate : COE, LH
Community key : 05 5 58 008
City structure: 3 districts

City administration address :
Markt 1
48727 Billerbeck
Website : www.billerbeck.de
Mayoress : Marion Dirks (independent)
Location of the city of Billerbeck in the Coesfeld district
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Billerbeck, Ludgerus Cathedral and Johannis Church, 2012
Hameren House, Chapel, 2012

Billerbeck ( Low German Billerbiek ) is a town in the Coesfeld district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Due to its beautiful and central location in the Baumberge , the state-approved resort is also called The Pearl of the Baumberge .

geography

Billerbeck borders on Rosendahl , Laer , Altenberge , Havixbeck , Nottuln and Coesfeld .

City structure

  • City of Billerbeck,
  • Parish Billerbeck (municipality until 1969)
  • Beerlage (municipality until 1969)

history

  • March 26, 809: Saint Liudger died near Billerbeck.
  • around 1234: Construction of the Johannis Church
  • February 18, 1302: Billerbeck received city rights through Bishop Otto III. from Rietberg.
  • 1548: The Anabaptists set the city on fire.
  • 1589: Assault by 500 Dutch horsemen from Lochem
  • 1802–1815: Billerbeck belonged to the French Empire.
  • 1815: Billerbeck came to Prussia.
  • 1884: Founding of the Billerbeck steam dairy
  • 1891: Construction of the town hall
  • 1892–1898: Construction of the St. Ludgerus Provost Church
  • March 30, 1945: At the end of the Second World War , American troops moved in.
  • 1950: The open-air theater is founded
Incorporations

On July 1, 1969, the farming communities Alstätte, Bockelsdorf, Bombeck, Dörholt, Gantweg, Gerleve, Hamern, Lutum , Osthellen, Osthellermark and Westhellen (all former parish of Billerbeck parish ), Aulendorf, Esking, Langenhorst and Temming (all of the former parish of Beerlage ) incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

Since the local elections on May 25, 2014, the 26 seats of the city council have been distributed among the individual parties and groups of voters as follows:

Results of the local elections from 1975

Only parties and voter communities that received at least 1.95 percent of the votes in the respective election are shown in the list.

year CDU SPD Green 1 FDP Family 2 center
1975 58.5 15.4 8.7 17.4
1979 47.5 22.5 4.3 25.8
1984 45.3 20.8 007.42 07.42 19.0
1989 37.7 27.7 08.0 8.4 18.2
1994 46.2 37.1 08.7 8.0
1999 52.4 37.5 05.7 4.4
2004 53.3 37.3 09.5
2009 46.9 27.2 13.6 9.7 2.6
2014 43.6 27.2 19.7 5.4 4.1

Footnotes

1 Greens: 1984 and 1989: Greens, from 1994: B'90 / Greens
2 On December 1, 2012, the Social Justice - North Rhine-Westphalia party joined a spin-off from the WASG, the family party.

Parties

There are city and local associations of the CDU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the family party.

City leaders

Mayor 1812–1946
Period title Surname
1812-1816 Maire Arnold Coermann
1816-1853 mayor Caspar Coermann
1835-1872 Mayor (later bailiff) Carl Massonneau
1872-1906 Volunteer August Freiherr von Twickel
1907-1939 Volunteer (honorary mayor since 1927) Ludger Freiherr von Twickel
1939-1945 Mayor Ernst Böcker
1945-1946 Office Director Heinrich Fasse

After the war, the local councils were appointed by the British military government. On September 15, 1946, the first free local elections after the Second World War took place.

freely elected mayor 1946-1969
Period job Surname
1946-1948 dentist Dr. Ludger Leiers
1948-1950 organist Bernhard Huesmann
1950-1961 farmer Bernhard Gehltomholt
1961-1969 farmer Heinrich Mühlenkamp

List of the community leaders / mayors in the three former municipalities

Billerbeck parish
Period job Surname
1900-1930 Landowner Anton Weitkamp-Neuhaus
1930-1939 Landowner Wilhelm Serges
1939-1945 farmer Ludger Pohlmann
1946-1948 Farmer Franz Wichmann
1948-1952 Farmer Bernhard Reinert
1952-1964 Farmer Franz Wichmann
1964-1969 Farmer Heinrich Brinkmann
Billerbeck-Beerlage
Period job Surname
1894-1908 Landowner Bernhard Große Enking
1908-1919 Landowner Max Greving
1919-1933 Landowner Heinrich Gerleve-Auling
1933-1935 Teacher Gerhard Idelmann
1935-1945 Farmer Josef Beckbauer
1946-1957 farmer Ludger Bäumer
1957-1969 Carpenter and innkeeper Anton Holtkamp
City of Billerbeck
Period job Surname
1873-1907 pensioner Theodor Kerkhoff
1907-1908 Linen manufacturer Josef Thomas
1908-1919 Pharmacy owner Adolf Rave
1924-1933 Sawmill owners Josef Averbeck
1934-1945 Bookseller Karl Knüppel
1946-1948 organist Hubert Reiling
1948-1949 Building contractor Anton Averhoff
1949-1951 Teacher i. R. Joh. Holtkamp
1951-1956 Merchant Ludger Wesseling
1956-1961 Justice Secretary Josef Messing
1961-1973 Master furrier Werner Brockamp
1973-1979 Realschule director Bernhard Westphal
1979-1999 Master baker Hermann Kemper
Main municipality officials, elected by the municipal or city council
Period title Surname
1947-1959 Office Director Heinrich Elkmann
1959-1966 Office Director Heinrich Weissenberg
1966-1978 Official Director (City Director since 1969) Georg Lanfer
1978-1987 City Director Joachim Pott
1987-1999 City Director Harald Koch

In 1999 the office of mayor was merged with that of city director.

Mayor from 1999
Period Surname
1999-2004 Harald Koch
since 2004 Marion Dirks
Current mayor

Marion Dirks has been mayor since the local elections in 2004 (non-party). This is the first time in the city's history that a woman is at the helm.

Coat of arms, banner and flag

The city was granted the right to use a coat of arms, a flag and a banner with a document from the Münster district government dated November 11, 1970.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue three oblique silver wavy bars."

The city coat of arms can be traced back to the owners of the episcopal Amthof Billerbeck, who were also city judges. As a “talking coat of arms” it shows three silver streams running to the left on blue shields and is similar to the coat of arms of the town of Beckum, which also emerged from an episcopal office . Perhaps it refers to the three brooks in the city, Berkel , Haulingbach and Lilienbeck. Curiously, there is a sandstone coat of arms above one of the windows at the town hall of the city from the end of the 19th century, in which the rivers do not flow from top left to bottom right, but from top right to bottom left. The same direction of flow has a backlit coat of arms with the face of St. Liudger in the Billerbecker Stadtsparkasse (now a branch of the Sparkasse Westmünsterland).

Description of the banner: "The banner is striped lengthways in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from blue to white to blue and shows the city coat of arms in the shield in the upper half of the middle strip."

Description of the flag: "The flag (hoist flag) has three stripes in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from blue to white to blue and shows the city's coat of arms in the shield in the middle of the central line."

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Twin cities

Former twin town

Culture and sights

Billerbeck town hall
Kolvenburg in Billerbeck with St. John's Church and Ludgerus Cathedral
The old Berkelfurt at the historic bathing establishment

Buildings

  • Provost Church of St. Ludgerus (Ludgerus Cathedral)
  • Catholic Parish Church of St. John the Baptist (Johanniskirche)
  • Rathaus, Markt 1. The neo-Gothic building, clad with sandstone blocks, was built by Hilger Hertel in 1891 and expanded in 1948/49.
  • Richthof
  • Archidiakonat (responsible for Billerbeck Darfeld and Holthausen), Johanniskirchplatz 11. The oldest part of the L-shaped structure is a stone structure that was built around 1500 . It was later included in the new building built in 1679.
  • The city center of Billerbeck has a large number of historic residential buildings to this day. The oldest are on Münsterstrasse and on Johanniskirchplatz. The most important secular building is the so-called Haus Beckebans, Münsterstrasse 6 , which was built around 1570 and extensively restored from 1972 onwards. It is characterized by a three stepped gable, which is crowned by shell attachments . The houses No. 4 and No. 8 , which are located directly next to the property, belonged to the property, and they should also date from this period. The former presents itself as a single-storey eaves house with a stepped gable , while the front of No. 8 was renewed in the 19th century. In the interior of Münsterstrasse 16 (probably late 16th century) there is a fireplace from 1693, which is decorated with rollers and fittings. Of Münster Straße 25 , only the rear building of the 16th century has been preserved. The associated front building is no longer there.
  • A closed church square with simple half-timbered buildings (small storage houses) is located in the vicinity of St. Johannis Church. The core of the oldest houses is still late medieval, but has been rebuilt several times. Thus Johannis Church Square 2 dendrochronologically dated to the year 1513, the storage house with the house number 6-7 core dates from 1492 and was expanded 1616th
  • Gerleve Abbey
  • House Hameren (owner: Baron Degenhard von Twickel zu Hameren)
  • House round
  • Ludgerus fountain
  • Marienkapelle Aulendorf
  • Evangelical Church Center "From the Good Shepherd" (since 1974, before that "Notkirche")
  • Cultural center of the old agricultural school
  • Ludgerus-Stift with the collegiate chapel

theatre

In 1950, Billerbeck citizens Alex Hesselmann and Bernhard Engbers founded the Billerbeck open-air theater . The teacher Stephan Rüter, who also looked after the Coesfeld open-air theater, was active here.

Every year in summer, a children's and an adult play are played on the large natural stage, plus numerous guest productions. In winter there is a children's play and a studio play for adults every year.

outdoor pool

The listed outdoor swimming pool was opened on July 3, 1960. It is heated and has a pool size of 50 × 18 m, a diving pool and a shaded children's pool. The outdoor pool is equipped with starting blocks, a one-meter diving board, a three-meter tower and a slide.

Outside the water there is a large lawn with some free loungers. Football and beach volleyball courts.

Old bathhouse

From July 20, 1924 to 1960, there was already a bathing establishment in Billerbeck near the Berkel spring. This was converted into a fishing pond in favor of the new outdoor pool. The swimming club founded in 1923 was in charge of the swimming pool.

Skateboard facility

The skateboard facility, a former rain retention basin, on Helker Berg is one of the largest in the Münsterland and is located in the city's sports and leisure center.

Museums

The Kolvenburg consists of components from the 15th and 16th centuries. The manor house with its striking hipped roof is designated as a typical residence of the lower nobility in the Münsterland. Today, the Coesfeld district's cultural center with changing exhibitions is located here.

Parks

  • Berkel -Auen with Berkel spring ponds, historic bathing establishment and water treading basin
  • Leisure and sports center Helker Berg
  • Baumberge holiday park (rustic holiday home area, partly in the Nottulner area)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In road traffic, Billerbeck can be reached on the Autobahn A 43 (from Münster: exit Nottuln, Billerbeck , from Wuppertal: exit Dülmen ), A 31 (exit Gescher, Coesfeld ) and A 1 (exit Münster-Nord via Havixbeck).

See also
List of streets named after people in Billerbeck
Public transport
Railway station, historic warehouse and historic engine shed
Billerbeck station

Billerbeck is on the Münster - Coesfeld route , which is also known as the Baumberbahn . The renovated station building houses a cultural café and a bicycle rental station .

Another stop is in Lutum .

Billerbeck belongs to the VGM transport association. On August 1, 2017, this was included in the Westphalian tariff.

Established businesses

The largest employer in Billerbeck is that of Wolfgang Suwelack based company Dr. Suwelack with 410 employees. It operates in the food production and skin care products sector. In addition to a medium-sized metalworking industry, there are also a large number of trade and craft businesses as well as service companies, for example seven hairdressers, three funeral homes, a marketing agency and a film production company.

Billerbeck is a recognized place of relaxation and pilgrimage, making tourism an important branch of the economy. Recreation seekers, groups of cyclists and bus travelers bring purchasing power to Billerbeck.

Public service

A hospital no longer exists in Billerbeck. The former hospital is now a nursing home. The closest hospitals are the Christophorus clinics with locations in Coesfeld, Dülmen and Nottuln.

There are several general practitioners' practices as well as a gynecological practice.

There is a rescue station which is currently (2019) operated by the DRK Kreisverband Coesfeld eV. An ambulance is parked there 24 hours a day.

In addition, the volunteer fire brigade and the local DRK association Billerbeck eV jointly maintain a voluntary first responder system. In addition, there are sub-units of the operational unit NRW COE01 in Billerbeck. The DRK Billerbeck provides parts of the support group as well as additional staff for the ICT group of the DRK KV Coesfeld to support the management of the DRK.

media

The Billerbecker Anzeiger , founded in 1874 and owned by J. Fleißig in Coesfeld since 1972, is published in Billerbeck .

education

Billerbeck has a four- to five-class elementary school and, until 2016, a secondary and secondary school, which were fully integrated into the new community school in the 2016/17 school year, as well as currently five kindergartens and two day care centers. In 2011 the council decided to phase out the two secondary schools. In the 2011/12 school year, the "School for All" started its work as part of the NRW school experiment "Community School". It is an integrative all-day school for children of every type of school recommended, including those of a grammar school standard, and pursues reform-pedagogical approaches of individualising lessons.

  • Primary school: Catholic Ludgeri primary school
  • Community school: Geschwister-Eichenwald-Schule Billerbeck

Religions

Billerbeck is a place of pilgrimage. The first bishop of Münster , St. Liudger , is venerated in Billerbeck. St. Liudger died on March 26, 809 in Billerbeck.

There is a Catholic and a Protestant congregation in Billerbeck.

The parish and provost community St. Johann / St. Ludgerus Billerbeck finds its roots in the 8th century and goes back to before the work of St. Ludgerus (Liudger). Both the neo-Gothic Ludgerus Cathedral (built 1892–1898) and the late Romanesque St. Johannis Church are worth seeing.

The Benedictine Abbey of St. Joseph zu Gerleve is also of great importance far beyond Billerbeck . She belongs to the Beuron Congregation. Laurentius Schlieker has been the abbot at the head of the abbey since 2009 . The abbey includes a retreat house, a youth education center and a bookshop.

The Evangelical Church Center "Vom Guten Sheten" in Billerbeck was inaugurated in 1974. It is a newly designed complex with an attached parish center. The church center replaces the former diaspora chapel donated by the Lutheran World Federation, an emergency church built mostly from wood by Otto Bartning .

The Billerbeck Jewish cemetery is located at the end of the village in the direction of Rorup .

Personalities from Billerbeck

Gottfried von Raesfeld in 1566, painted by Hermann tom Ring

literature

  • Westphalian city atlas ; Volume: VI; 1st subband. On behalf of the Historical Commission for Westphalia and with the support of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe, ed. by Heinz Stoob † and Wilfried Ehbrecht. City map Billerbeck, author: Peter Ilisch, ISBN 3-89115-145-4 ; Dortmund-Altenbeken, 1999.
  • Peter Ilisch: On the settlement genesis of Billerbeck. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift 129, 1979, pp. 9–56.
  • Peter Ilisch: On the appearance of Münsterland churchyards before 1800 - The example of St. Johann zu Billerbeck. In: Geschichtsblätter des Kreis Coesfeld 4, 1979, pp. 114-131.
  • Peter Ilisch: The vicarages to Billerbeck. In: Geschichtsblätter des Kreis Coesfeld 28, 2003, pp. 1–25.
  • Peter Ilisch: Jewish life in Wigbold Billerbeck. In: Geschichtsblätter des Kreis Coesfeld 32, 2007, pp. 15–38.
  • Peter Ilisch: Pastors at the time of the Principality of Münster: Billerbeck and Darup as examples . In: Geschichtsblätter des Kreis Coesfeld 35, 2010, pp. 41–94.
  • André Schnepper: Processes of the seizure of power in a small Catholic town: the example of Billerbeck . History sheets of the Coesfeld district supplement 2011, Coesfeld 2011.
  • History of the city of Billerbeck , ed. on behalf of the Institute for Comparative Urban History by Werner Freitag with co-workers. by Dörthe Gruttmann and Constanze Sieger, Bielefeld 2012.
  • Paul B. Steffen: Father Franz Vormann SVD (1868–1929) from Billerbeck - co-founder of the Catholic Mission a. Church in New Guinea . In: Geschichtsblätter des Kreis Coesfeld, Kreisheimatverein Coesfeld (Hrsg.), 36th year (2011), pp. 105–119.
  • Paul B. Steffen: VORMANN, Franz SVD (1868-1929) pioneer missionary in New Guinea . In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon 34 (2013), Sp. 1474–1481.

Web links

Commons : Billerbeck  - Collection of Images

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. Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 95 .
  3. 2014 election results
  4. Directories of the results of the local elections for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDS NRW) from 1975 to 2009
  5. Elective profile of the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics NW ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.it.nrw.de
  6. Election results 1999  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 5.62 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / webshop.it.nrw.de  
  7. 2004 election results  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 6.70 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / webshop.it.nrw.de  
  8. Election results 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 3.34 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / webshop.it.nrw.de  
  9. ^ Party SG-NRW from December 1, 2012 the merger with the family party of Germany
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