Bokel (Rietberg)

Bokel City of Rietberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	78 m above sea level NN
Area :	10.1 km²
Residents :	1887  (December 31, 2011)
Population density :	187 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Postal code :	33397
Area code :	05244
Location of Bokel in Rietberg
Catholic Church of St. Anna

With 1,887 inhabitants, Bokel is the second smallest village in the city of Rietberg in the Gütersloh district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Model of the flame mill at the Rietberg State Horticultural Show

The Rietberg localities of Rietberg, Mastholte and Druffel , Langenberg and the Rheda-Wiedenbrücker districts of Batenhorst and Lintel border on Bokel . The village is traversed in the west by the Bokel-Mastholter main canal .

history

On January 1, 1970, Bokel was incorporated into the city of Rietberg.

Personalities

• Uwe Hünemeier (born January 9, 1986 in Gütersloh ), professional footballer
• Andreas Sunder (born August 5, 1973 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück ), Mayor of Rietberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Rietberg : Figures from December 31, 2011. Retrieved on June 7, 2012.
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 111 .