Steinfurt district
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Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ' N , 7 ° 35' E |
| Basic data | |
| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Administrative region : | Muenster |
| Regional association : | Westphalia-Lippe |
| Administrative headquarters : | Steinfurt |
| Area : | 1,795.76 km 2 |
| Residents: | 448,220 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 250 inhabitants per km 2 |
| License plate : | ST, BF, TE |
| Circle key : | 05 5 66 |
| NUTS : | DEA37 |
| Circle structure: | 24 municipalities |
| Address of the district administration: |
Tecklenburger Strasse 10 48565 Steinfurt |
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| District Administrator : | vacant |
| Location of the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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The Steinfurt district is a regional authority in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). It was created on January 1, 1975 in the course of the district area reform through the Münster / Hamm Act from the old Steinfurt district , the Tecklenburg district and parts of the Münster district . In order to differentiate it from the old district, it is often referred to as the Steinfurt district. The largest city in the Steinfurt district is Rheine .
geography
The western district is in the Münsterland , the eastern in the Tecklenburger Land . The Westerbeck mountain , the highest point in the district, is located in the municipality of Lienen (Westerbeck farmers' association). It has a height of 236 meters above mean sea level (NHN).
In terms of area, the Steinfurt district is the second largest district in North Rhine-Westphalia. Because of the decentralized geographic location of the district town of Steinfurt, the district administration maintains a branch in Tecklenburg in order to guarantee local citizen service throughout the district.
Neighboring districts or cities
The district of Steinfurt borders (starting clockwise in the north) with the districts of Grafschaft Bentheim and Emsland , the district-free city of Osnabrück and the district of Osnabrück (all in Lower Saxony ), the district of Warendorf , the independent city of Münster and the districts of Coesfeld and Borken (all in North Rhine-Westphalia).
Circle structure
The Steinfurt district is divided into 24 municipalities belonging to the district , four of which are medium-sized towns and one is a large town .
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(Population as of December 31, 2019, only main residence)
history
From 1971 onwards, plans for a major district reform began, during which various structural concepts were controversially discussed. On May 8, 1974, the law was passed which included a district reform with effect from January 1, 1975:
The previous district of Steinfurt (due to the then district town of Burgsteinfurt often referred to colloquially as the "district of Burgsteinfurt") was dissolved, as was the district of Tecklenburg . The latter included the two larger cities Ibbenbüren and Lengerich as well as 2 other cities and 16 other communities. Both districts were united under the name Steinfurt District . In addition, the city of Greven and the municipality of Saerbeck from the former Münster district were brought into the newly established Steinfurt district. Historically, these circles have rarely had common relationships in the past. The old district of Steinfurt was formed after the incorporation of southern Westphalia as the province of Westphalia in Prussia . Most of this earlier district belonged to the bishopric of Münster until 1803 , so it was dominated by Catholicism, the County of Steinfurt belonged to the Calvinist faith, as did the County of Tecklenburg - there was also the Upper County of Lingen , which was predominantly Catholic but had a Calvinist minority .
The town of Steinfurt , which was founded on January 1, 1975 and arose from the merger of Burgsteinfurt and Borghorst, was designated as the district seat.
Location of the former Steinfurt district on December 31, 1974
Location of the former Tecklenburg district on December 31, 1974
Location of the former district of Münster on December 31, 1974
District town Steinfurt
The city of Steinfurt , founded in 1975, is the headquarters of the district administration. Original plans for the regional reform envisaged Rheine as the new district town. Various attempts by the then city of Burgsteinfurt were made to avert a relocation of the district seat. Burgsteinfurt was too small by the standards of the state government to remain a district town. A minimum size of 30,000 inhabitants was not reached. The people of Burgsteinfurt saw a way out of this situation in a merger with the neighboring town of Borghorst. There, on the other hand, the willingness to merge was rather low. Even an expert opinion from 1972 advised against a merger for financial reasons. The report also pointed out the great cultural differences between the two cities. In view of the impending loss of the district administration, Borghorst was convinced by Burgsteinfurt to agree to a merger of the two communities. When the community reform came into force on January 1, 1975, the new town of Steinfurt was formed. The city was named after the previous district in order to be able to keep the name Steinfurt for the newly formed district. The first problems and tensions arose just a few months after the implementation of the regional reform. Borghorst tried before the constitutional court to obtain a spin-off from the new town of Steinfurt. However, on May 7, 1976, the lawsuit was dismissed.
A second and ultimately decisive point was the new district building in Burgsteinfurt. When the regional reform was already announced in the 1960s, the old district of Steinfurt decided to build a controversial new building in 1963. In the last instance, this was decisive for the district seat to remain in Steinfurt and for the renunciation of the more easily accessible Rheine as a district town.
These decisions still have an impact today. Steinfurt is in the middle of the old district of Steinfurt from the municipalities of the old district of Tecklenburg difficult to reach. In addition, as forecast, the growing together of the city of Steinfurt continues to be difficult.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1975 | 371.773 |
| 1980 | 379.878 |
| 1985 | 380.718 |
| 1990 | 390.945 |
| 1995 | 416.252 |
| 2000 | 434,885 |
| 2005 | 444.231 |
| 2010 | 443.357 |
| 2015 | 443,374 |
politics
District council
The district election on May 25, 2014 brought the following result:
- CDU 44.5% - 27 seats (−2)
- SPD 31.6% - 20 seats (+2)
- Green 11.0% - 7 seats (+/- 0)
- UWG 4.6% - 3 seats (+3)
- FDP 4.5% - 3 seats (−3)
- Left 3.8% - 2 seats (+/- 0)
District administrators
- 1975–1994: Martin Stroot ( CDU )
- 1994–1999: Christina Riesenbeck ( SPD )
- 1999–2015: Thomas Kubendorff ( CDU )
- 2015–2020: Klaus Effing ( CDU )
Since May 1, 2020, the office of district administrator has been vacant due to the resignation of Klaus Effing. Since then, the tasks have been performed by the district director Martin Sommer and the first deputy district administrator Gisela Köster.
coat of arms
Blazon : "A broad red bar in gold, on it a golden shield covered with a red swan, above in gold two red water lily leaves, below in gold a red water lily leaf." The circle coat of arms connects parts of the coat of arms of the earlier districts of Münster, Steinfurt and Tecklenburg . The red bar in gold was the well-known symbol of the bishopric of Münster and appeared in all coats of arms of the former Münster district . The swan was the heraldic animal of the County of Steinfurt and was therefore part of the coat of arms of the old Steinfurt district . The red water lily leaves were the mirror image of the Counts of Tecklenburg and come from the coat of arms of the former Tecklenburg district .
Economy and Infrastructure
In the 2016 Future Atlas , the Steinfurt district was ranked 173 out of 402 districts, municipal associations and urban districts in Germany, making it one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix” for the future.
broadcast
- Regional office Steinfurt of the WDR based in Rheine
- Radio RST (local station for the Steinfurt district) based in Rheine
traffic
- For the development of the postal system in and around Steinfurt, see postal history of Steinfurt
Railway lines:
The following railway lines are located in the Steinfurt district:
- (Kbs. 375) Amsterdam - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Ibbenbüren - Osnabrück old town - Osnabrück central station - Bünde - Bielefeld / Hanover;
- (Kbs. 385) (Cologne -) Munster - Lengerich - Osnabrück Central Station - Diepholz - Bremen;
- (Kbs. 392) Osnabrück central station - Osnabrück old town - Halen - Bramsche - Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven;
- (Kbs. 394) Osnabrück central station - Osnabrück old town - Halen - Bramsche - Vechta - Bremen;
- (Kbs. 395) (Münster -) Rheine - Lingen - Leer - N.-Norddeich;
- (Kbs. 407) Munster - St. Borghorst - St. Burgsteinfurt - Gronau - Enschede;
- (Kbs. 410) Hamm - Münster - Greven - Emsdetten - Rheine (- N.-Norddeich).
There were also the following additional routes (currently without local rail transport)
- Osnabrück - Wersen - Westerkappeln - Mettingen - Recke - Rheine (" Tecklenburger Nordbahn ")
- Ibbenbüren - Tecklenburg - Lengerich - Bad Iburg - Gütersloh (" Teutoburg Forest Railway ")
- Coesfeld - St.-Burgsteinfurt - Rheine - Fürstenau - Quakenbrück , shut down from Spelle
- Rheine - Gronau , shut down and dismantled
The local traffic plan SPNV Westfalen-Lippe provides that the route of the Tecklenburger Nordbahn Osnabrück - L.-Wersen - Westerkappeln - Mettingen - Recke is to be reopened as a modern regional train .
The international airport Münster-Osnabrück (ICAO code: EDDG) is located in Greven . With a stake of almost 30%, the Steinfurt district is one of the most important shareholders in the airport.
Attractions
Museums
There are 34 museums in the Steinfurt district (see list of museums in the Steinfurt district ):
- in Altenberge: ice cellar , Zurholt Museum , tractor and equipment museum
- in Emsdetten: August Holländer Museum , Münsterland Gallery , Wannenmacher Museum
- in Greven: Art Tower , Sachsenhof
- in Hörstel: Gravenhorst Monastery
- in Hopsten: House Nieland
- in Ibbenbüren: mining museum , motorcycle museum , city museum
- in Ladbergen: Ladbergen local history museum , shoemaker's museum
- in Laer: Holskenmuseum
- in Metelen: Railway Museum Metelen Land , Mill Museum
- in Mettingen: Post Museum , School Museum , Tüötten Museum
- in Nordwalde: Georg-Kramann-Heimatmuseum
- in Ochtrup: doll and toy museum , pottery museum
- in Recke: Old Ruthemühle with a local history museum
- in Rheine: Josef Winckler Museum , Bentlage Monastery , City Museum
- in Saerbeck: home house and distillery museum
- in Steinfurt: Heimatmuseum , Heinrich-Neuy-Bauhaus-Museum , Niedermühle
- in Tecklenburg: District Museum Steinfurt
- in Westerkappeln: Tractor Museum
Architectural monuments
Jewish cemeteries
In the Steinfurt district there are at least ten Jewish cemeteries on which there are still gravestones : Jewish cemetery (Borghorst) , New Jewish cemetery (Burgsteinfurt) , Jewish cemetery (Hopsten) , Jewish cemetery (Ibbenbüren) , Jewish cemetery (Lengerich) , Jewish cemetery (Metelen) , Jewish cemetery (Ochtrup) , Jewish cemetery (Rheine, Lingener Straße) , Jewish cemetery (Rheine, Rodder Damm) , Jewish cemetery (Westerkappeln) (see category: Jewish cemetery in the Steinfurt district ). They are cultural monuments - stone witnesses to formerly existing Jewish communities and an often lively Jewish community life up to the 1930s.
Hopsten Jewish cemetery
Ibbenbueren Jewish cemetery
Lengerich Jewish cemetery
Metelen Jewish cemetery
Westerkappeln Jewish cemetery
License Plate
With a large majority and against the recommendation of the district administration, the Steinfurter Kreistag surprisingly decided in April 2013 to reintroduce the old license plates that were valid until the regional reform in 1975. The application for the reintroduction of the TE license plate was based on an initiative of the FDP from the Tecklenburger Land. The district council had not submitted an application for the BF license plate, but it was submitted by the Steinfurt CDU during the district council's meeting when a majority for the TE license plate emerged. The vehicle owners in the district can choose between the standard ST license plate and the two license plates of the old districts of Tecklenburg , TE , and (Burg-) Steinfurt , BF .
As a first step, the district started taking reservations on May 22, 2013. The first TE and BF license plates were issued on July 3, 2013. Several thousand pre-orders were received during the reservation phase. In the first week of the issue, the great response from the entire Tecklenburger Land region exceeded all expectations. In this short period of time, the Steinfurt district issued well over 500 license plates with the TE abbreviation. On the other hand, the registration numbers for BF remained restrained with approx. 160 license plates.
The first balance after six months clearly showed that the old license plates are enjoying great popularity with well over 7000 registrations. In the Steinfurt district there was a clear trend in favor of the TE license plate with a total of 4187 pieces compared to the BF license plate with 2167 pieces (data without inventory from before 1975). The absolute front runner is the city of Ibbenbüren with a total of 1588 registrations with mainly the TE abbreviation.
This trend has continued over the past few years. As of December 31, 2019, a total of 80,743 vehicles with old license plates were registered. The share of TE plates made up 53,716 pieces and BF plates 27,027 pieces. According to the current status, the abbreviation TE is one of the most popular old license plates in Germany and has a growth rate of approx. 780 registrations per month or almost 200 registrations per week. This resulted in a comparably high response such as B. at the old license plate of the north district in the Aurich district .
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* Old stock before reintroduction on June 2, 2013. Source: Approval office of the Steinfurt district as of December 31, 2019. |
The much lower numbers of the BF license plate result from the lack of reference to a region or municipality. In contrast to the TE as a typical and common abbreviation for the Tecklenburger Land , the BF is no longer present as an abbreviation in public life. The original meaning of Burgsteinfurt was lost with the dissolution of the city during the regional reform. Today it is mistakenly seen in the Steinfurt district as a Bielefeld license plate based on the Westphalian city of Bielefeld (correct BI ) and thus achieved almost a humorous meaning. The number of registrations for the BF license plate fell after a peak in 2018.
See also
literature
In cooperation with the Kreisheimatbund Steinfurt, the Kreisheimatjahrbuch Unser Kreis is published annually . These books contain current, local history and Low German contributions.
- Literature on the Steinfurt district in the catalog of the German National Library
- Friedrich Ernst Hunsche : Bibliography of the Steinfurt district and surrounding areas . Steinfurt district 1980.
Web links
- Website of the Steinfurt district
- Local station for the Steinfurt district
- Associations in the Steinfurt district
- A. Mayr, D. Stonjek, K. Temlitz (ed.) [Editor: R. Grothues]: The district of Steinfurt (= cities and municipalities in Westphalia. Volume 1). Münster 1994 ( download of the volume as a PDF file, 175 MB) ( description page of the Steinfurt district on lwl.org, there also for specific downloading of individual chapters of the volume).
- Steinfurt district in the Westphalia culture atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 )
- ↑ bezreg-muenster.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 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 )
- ^ 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. 317 .
- ↑ irb.fraunhofer.de
- ↑ stueer.business.t-online.de
- ↑ cdu-kreis-steinfurt.de
- ↑ vhs-steinfurt.de ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 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.
- ↑ muensterschezeitung.de ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ State database North Rhine-Westphalia
- ↑ election results.nrw.de
- ↑ District Administrator | Steinfurt district. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Regional correspondent for the Steinfurt district - NRW-Studios WDR
- ↑ Reintroduction of the old license plates TE and BF , Steinfurt district
- ↑ Enormous interest: The new, old TE plates. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . July 4, 2013, accessed February 11, 2014 .
- ^ WDR Studio Münster: Old license plates asked , accessed on December 27, 2013.
- ↑ Over 12,000 times NOR. (PDF) In: Ostfriesischer Kurier . November 20, 2013, accessed July 28, 2014 .
- ^ Annual review of the Steinfurt district. In: Steinfurt district. January 17, 2014, accessed November 6, 2019 .
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