Great Reken

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Groß Reken (sometimes also Groß-Reken ) is the capital of the municipality of Reken in Westmünsterland. Together with Bahnhof Reken and Maria Veen , Groß Reken formed its own community until 1969.

Great Reken
Reken municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 52 ″  N , 7 ° 2 ′ 46 ″  E
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 48734
Area code : 02864
Groß Reken (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Great Reken

Location of Groß Reken in North Rhine-Westphalia
Groß Reken, aerial photo from 2014
Groß Reken, aerial photo from 2014

geography

Groß Reken is located in the Hohen Mark in Westmünsterland. To the north of the settlement rises the Rekener Berge ridge with the 133 m high Melchenberg .

Hochmoor
(to Gescher )
Heathens Wind rose small.svg Maria Veen
Reken train station Hülsten

history

As a Recon , the area was first mentioned in 889 in a donation to the Werden monastery .

In 1858, Groß Reken was combined with the communities of Klein Reken and Hülsten to form the Reken office with its administrative headquarters in Groß Reken. In 1938 the municipality of Heiden was accepted into the office and took over its administrative seat. In 1969 Groß Reken became part of the new municipality of Reken . It was not until 1975 that the Heiden-Reken office was dissolved and two years later Groß Reken again took over the administrative seat of the now independent municipality.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The fortified church of St. Simon and Judas is located in the center of Groß Reken and is now the Museum of the Old Church .

In the northeast of the area is the old windmill , which houses a local museum.

To the north on the Melchenberg is the Groß Reken Melchenberg radio tower with a viewing platform.

House Uphave is an old half-timbered house that can be visited.

leisure

The leisure center in the east of the village consists of sports facilities, an outdoor and indoor swimming pool, a campsite and a riding hall.

traffic

The town's most important traffic artery is the L600 / L608 , which as a north-south axis connects Groß Reken with Reken station in the south and the B67 in the north. Another important road is the district road to Heiden, which functions as the main road in the town .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claudia Schroer: Reken In: Cities and municipalities in Westphalia: Der Kreis Borken No. 9, 2004, p. 273 ff.