Coesfeld district

This article deals with the Coesfeld district from 1975 until today; for the predecessor group of the same name, see the Coesfeld district (1816–1974) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Muenster
Regional association :	Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters :	Coesfeld
Area :	1,112.04 km 2
Residents:	220,586 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	198 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	COE, LH
Circle key :	05 5 58
Circle structure:	11 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 7 48651 Coesfeld
Website :	www.kreis-coesfeld.de
District Administrator :	Christian Schulze Pellengahr ( CDU )
Location of the Coesfeld district in North Rhine-Westphalia

The district of Coesfeld [ 'koːsfɛlt ] is located in the Münsterland in Westphalia in the north of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and was created on January 1, 1975 as part of the district reform through the Münster / Hamm Act . It belongs to the administrative district of Münster and is a member of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe . The seat of the district is the city of Coesfeld .

geography

The Coesfeld district lies entirely within the Münsterland . The highest point of the district and the Münsterland is 187 meters above sea ​​level at the Longinusturm in the Baumberge .

Neighboring districts or cities

The district of Coesfeld borders in a clockwise direction in the north, beginning with the district of Steinfurt , the district of Münster , the district of Warendorf , the district of Hamm and the districts of Unna , Recklinghausen and Borken .

history

Today's Coesfeld district was created in the course of the municipal reorganization in 1975. The reorganization itself was carried out from 1967 to 1975 in two steps. First, the municipal areas and their boundaries were redefined, then the districts were newly formed with effect from January 1, 1975. The district of Lüdinghausen and the district of Coesfeld were dissolved on December 31, 1974 and essentially united in the new district of Coesfeld. In addition, there were the communities of Nottuln with Appelhülsen and Schapdetten and Havixbeck with Hohenholte and Bösensell (formerly Roxel) from the former district of Münster .

With the change of the district order in May 1994, further significant changes for the districts came into force. The “dual leadership” introduced at the end of the Second World War was abolished. Since then, the district administrator has led the meetings of the district council and district committee, represents the district and heads the district administration. He / she is elected directly by the citizens of the district. In addition, there is a general representative appointed by the district council.

Population development

year	Residents
1975	163.018
1980	171,638
1985	177605
1990	184.241
1995	202.218
2000	214,893
2005	221.001
2010	219.784
2015	218,401

politics

Election of the Coesfeld district assembly in 2014

Turnout: 58.7% (2009: 61.7%)

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49.2%

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CDU

SPD

Green

FDP

UWG

left

family

Pirates

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

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CDU

SPD

Green

FDP

UWG

left

family

Pirates

Allocation of seats in the Coesfeld district assembly 2014         A total of 54 seats THE LEFT. : 1 GREEN : 6 SPD : 13 FAMILY : 1 UWG : 3 FDP : 3 CDU : 27

District council

The district council of the district of Coesfeld has been composed as follows since the local elections on May 25, 2014 :

	CDU	SPD	GREEN	FDP	UWG	LEFT	FAMILY	total
2014	27	13	6th	3	3	1	1	54
2009	28	12	6th	5	2	1	-	54

DIE LINKE and FAMILIE form a parliamentary group FAMILIE / DIE LINKE.

District Administrator

1975–1987: Heinrich Knipper (CDU)

1987–1999: Karl-Heinz Göller (CDU)

1999-2004: Hans Pixa (CDU)

2004–2015: Konrad Püning (CDU)

from 2015 –9: Christian Schulze Pellengahr (CDU)

Konrad Püning ( CDU ) has been the district administrator since October 1, 2004 . He was re-elected on August 30, 2009 in the first ballot with 63.3% of the vote. Christian Schulze Pellengahr (CDU) was elected as his successor on September 13, 2015 with 62.1% of the votes cast. He took office on October 21, 2015.

Parties

There are district associations of the CDU, SPD, UWG , FDP, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen , the Left and the Family Party .

MPs

In the federal election on September 27, 2009 , Karl Schiewerling (CDU) again won the direct mandate in constituency 128 (Coesfeld / Steinfurt II) with 50.8% (2005: 51.6%) of the first votes , which included the entire Coesfeld district and three Municipalities from the Steinfurt district belong ( Altenberge , Laer and Nordwalde ). For the SPD, Angelica Schwall-Düren from Metelen moved back into the Bundestag via the state list. On July 15, 2010, she left the Bundestag as she was appointed Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

In the state elections on May 9, 2010 , Bernhard Schemmer (CDU) (53.9%; 2005: 61.0%) in constituency 79 (Coesfeld I / Borken III) won the direct mandate. In the selection circuit 80 (Coesfeld II) was Werner Jost Meier (CDU) (51.6%, 2005: 56.9%) dialed directly. André Stinka (SPD) moved back into the state parliament as a successor.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was created about five years after the municipal reorganization. It was approved on October 15, 1979 by the district president in Münster with the signing of the document.

Blazon : “Split between gold and red; in front in the upper third a red bar, underneath a red bell, behind a standing, gold clad blessing bishop, at his feet a golden goose. "

Since then, the coat of arms has carried the symbols of the old Coesfeld and Lüdinghausen districts in the coat of arms.

The colors and the red bar come from the coat of arms of the Munster Abbey, which the district area was listened to. The bishop with the goose comes from the coat of arms of the old district of Coesfeld and represents St. Liudger , the first bishop of Münster . He is considered the founder of St. Lamberti in Coesfeld. The goose has appeared as its attribute since the 17th century . The bell comes from the coat of arms of the former Lüdinghausen district, the origin of which is in turn a Liudgerus legend.

flag

The flag is striped gold (yellow) and red with the coat of arms of the Coesfeld district.

Economy and Infrastructure

The logo for public relations of the Coesfeld district

economy

The Coesfeld district is one of the particularly fast-growing regions in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is not without reason that the district is often called the "Little Tiger North Rhine-Westphalia" . This is confirmed by numerous structural and development data such as population growth or the increase in employment.

In addition to the good location near the economic centers of Münster, Ruhrgebiet and Enschede and the good infrastructure, the economy benefits above all from the heterogeneous, medium-sized company structure.

The corporate landscape in the Coesfeld district is mainly characterized by small and medium-sized, owner-managed companies. The self-employment rate of 13% is one of the highest in Germany. Above all, it is thanks to the increased number of jobs, which has increased by 43% over the last 20 years, that the business location of the Coesfeld district is repeatedly mentioned as a prime example of successful structural change in North Rhine-Westphalian regions.

Of the currently more than 50,000 employees subject to social security contributions, 34% can be assigned to the secondary sector, 64% of all employees work in the tertiary sector. Even if the number of employees in the service sector has almost doubled since 1980, industry and craft continue to form an important core of the region's economic power. The consumer goods industry (food industry; furniture production), the chemical industry and mechanical and plant engineering hold prominent positions in terms of both the number of employees and sales.

Today, agricultural market research, medical products, hand-made sports cars, special signaling systems for special vehicles, supplies for the aerospace industry, special machines for the textile industry and top-class design in craft and industrial production are examples of innovations 'made in COE'.

In the Future Atlas 2016 , the Coesfeld district was ranked 144th out of 402 districts, municipal associations and urban districts in Germany, making it one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix”.

labour market

The unemployment rate in the Coesfeld district was 3.3 percent in June 2013. This is the lowest unemployment rate of all districts in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Coesfeld district is one of the so-called option municipalities. I.e. the district administration, together with the cities and municipalities, has taken on the care and placement of recipients of unemployment benefit II.

Infrastructure

The district belongs to the Münsterland transport association and the Münsterland regional rail passenger transport association.

railroad

The district is accessed by various railway lines:

• Railway line Dortmund – Enschede via Lünen , Lüdinghausen , Dülmen , Coesfeld , Ahaus and Gronau of the former Dortmund-Gronau-Enschede Railway Company , today operated as Westmünsterland-Bahn by the DB Regio Westphalia ,

• Baumberbahn from Münster via Billerbeck to Coesfeld,

• Railway line Wanne-Eickel – Hamburg via Recklinghausen , Haltern am See , Dülmen and Münster (Westphalia) of the former Cologne-Mindener Railway Company , today operated by Deutsche Bahn ,

• Railway line Preußen – Münster via Lünen , Nordkirchen and Ascheberg , operated by Deutsche Bahn ,

• Duisburg – Quakenbrück railway line via Dorsten and Coesfeld of the former Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , now largely closed.

With Dülmen and Coesfeld, two train stations have emerged as important transfer points in the district.

Federal highways

• Federal motorway 1 Puttgarden - Lübeck - Hamburg - Bremen - Osnabrück - Münster - Ascheberg - Hamm - Dortmund - Wuppertal - Cologne - Euskirchen - Saarbrücken
• Federal motorway 43 Münster - Dülmen - Recklinghausen - Herne - Bochum - Wuppertal
• Federal motorway 31 Bottrop - Coesfeld - Gronau - Meppen - Leer - Emden

Airfield

• Airfield Borkenberge

media

Newspapers

• Westfälische Nachrichten (two local editions: Baumberge [Nottuln, Havixbeck, Bösensell] and Lüdinghauser Zeitung [Lüdinghausen, Senden, Ascheberg])
• Allgemeine Zeitung Coesfeld (daily newspaper for the Coesfeld economic area)
• Billerbecker Anzeiger (daily newspaper for Billerbeck and Darup)
• Dülmener Zeitung (daily newspaper in Dülmen)
• Ruhr-Nachrichten (actually from Dortmund, but with a local section for Olfen and Nordkirchen. The only newspaper with a local section for Olfen and Nordkirchen)
• Westfälischer Anzeiger (daily newspaper from Hamm, in the Werne edition with a local section for the south of the Coesfeld district: focus on Ascheberg-Herbern and Nordkirchen)

There are also several weekly advertising papers such as the Streiflichter , the Stadtanzeiger, Hallo Münsterland and the Kreis-Kurier.

radio

• Radio Kiepenkerl (local station of the Coesfeld district) based in Dülmen

Communities

The Coesfeld district is divided into eleven municipalities belonging to the district , two of which are medium-sized towns .

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Cities Billerbeck (11,597) Coesfeld (36,257) Dülmen (46,657) Ludinghausen (24,822) Olfen (12,923)

Other communities Ashberg (15,494) Havixbeck (11,943) Nordkirchen (10,111) Nottuln (19,619) Rosendahl (10,754) Send (20,409)

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the Coesfeld district was assigned the distinctive symbol COE when the vehicle license plates were introduced . After its dissolution, the newly founded Coesfeld district continued to run it from January 1, 1975. The hallmark liberalization also allows the output of a distinguishing mark since May 16, 2014 LH (Lüdinghausen).

literature

• Heinz Heineberg and Klaus Temlitz (eds.): The district of Coesfeld (=  cities and municipalities in Westphalia . Volume 7 ). 1st edition. Ardey-Verlag, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-87023-101-7 .

Others

A partnership with the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in Brandenburg has existed since December 14, 2018 .

List of museums in the Coesfeld district

• List of museums in the Coesfeld district

Web links

Commons : Kreis Coesfeld  - Collection of images

• Coesfeld district in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

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. ^ 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. 313 .
3. ^ State database North Rhine-Westphalia
4. ↑ kreis-coesfeld.de
5. ↑ Family party district association Coesfeld ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Future Atlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ 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 )
8. ↑ Partner - now also by contract