Gemen

This article deals with the Borkener district of Gemen, for the Schöppingen district of the same name see Gemen (Schöppingen) , for other meanings see Gemen (disambiguation) .

Gemen City of Borken
Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 37 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	42 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21 km²
Residents :	8188  (Jan 2016)
Population density :	390 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	46325
Area code :	02861
Location of Gemen in North Rhine-Westphalia
Center of Gemen around the wood yard

Gemen is a district of Borken in the district of the same name . The district have been used for the incorporation in 1969, the two former municipalities City Gemen and parish Gemen latter consisting of the peasantry Gemenkrückling and Gemen keepers , the former district Borken attributed. However, Gemen never had city ​​rights ; the title "city" only served to distinguish it from the parish. At the beginning of 2016, Gemen had 8188 inhabitants, of which 170 were Gemenkrückling and 425 were Gemenwirthe. Gemen is best known outside of the area for the Castle Gemen , which was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Gemen in the rule of the same name .

geography

The town center around Gemen Castle has already grown together with the urban fringes of Borken. The town center of Borken is about 1 km away in a south-westerly direction. The two farmers belonging to Gemenkrückling and Gemenwirthe, which are separated by the Sternbusch forest , are in the northeast and northwest of the village. The industrial area Borken Ost connects to the south .

Neighboring towns of the former municipality of Gemen (with the parish of Gemen)

Burlo (to Borken)	Weseke (to Borken)	Nordvelen (to Velen )
Borkenwirthe (to Borken)		Ramsdorf (to Velen)
Bark	Brakenberg (to Borken)	Heathens

history

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On July 1, 1969, the two communities Stadt Gemen and Parish Gemen were incorporated into the district town of Borken.

Web links

Commons : Gemen (Borken)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ursula Brebaum: On the history of Gemen , excerpt from Westfälische Kunststätten - Gemen on the website of the Heimatverein Gemen
• Jewish community until 1945, with an impressive synagogue until 1938 (Fig.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Borken district of June 24, 1969
2. ↑ § 3 of the main statute of the city of Borken
3. ↑ Ursula Brebaum: On the history of Gemen , excerpt from Westfälische Kunststätten - Gemen on the website of the Gemen Heimatverein
4. ↑ Population development of the city of Borken on the website of the city of Borken.
5. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 95 .