Nienberge

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Nienberge
City of Munster
“A silver (white) shield, split, in front a left-slanting blue bar, covered with three golden (yellow) hunting horns; in the back three horizontal red bars, above them growing out of a green three-mountain, a silver (white) church tower with three windows (2: 1), pointed roof and black cross .. "
Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 45 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 80 m
Area : 27.76 km²
Residents : 6907  (December 31, 2017) [1]
Population density : 249 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 48161
Area code : 02533
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Nienberge in Munster
St. Sebastian in Nienberge
Center of Nienberge, in the background St. Sebastian

Nienberge is a northwestern residential area ( district ) of Münster . During the First World War , the prisoner-of-war camp "Haus Spital", the largest in north-west Germany, was housed here. Only the Haus Spital war cemetery has survived.

geography

Nienberge is located directly on the Münster-Nord exit of Autobahn 1 and on federal highway 54 . The Nienberge -Häger train stop on the Münster-Gronau railway line is in the Häger district of Nienberg . The Nienberger Bach rises in the north of Nienberge , and in the southwest there are two small rivers, the Aa and the Hunnebecke , which feed Munster's Aasee . The Aa also forms the southern border to the Roxel district . Almost 7,000 people live in an area of ​​almost 28 km². Nienberge borders in the east on the districts of Sprakel and Kinderhaus and in the south on Gievenbeck and Roxel (named in clockwise direction).

history

As part of the municipal territorial reform, the formerly independent municipality was incorporated into Münster on January 1, 1975 and has been part of the West District since then .

Population development

The Rüschhaus house is the most famous sight in Nienberge.
year Residents
1498 500
1688 439
1835 998
1940 983
1950 2137
1960 2290
1961 2383
1970 3055
1974 3650
1980 6502
1997 7044
2006 6487
2012 6776
2014 6769
2015 6904

statistics

Structural data of the population in Nienberge on December 31, 2017:

  • Youth quota: 32.6% (Münster average: 27.2%)
  • Elderly rate: 39.5% (Münster average 26.2%)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 9.6% (Münster average 10.6%)

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “A silver (white) shield, split, in front a blue bar slanted to the left, covered with three golden (yellow) hunting horns; in the back three horizontal red bars, growing out of a green three-mountain above, a silver (white) church tower with three windows (2: 1), pointed roof and black cross the rear is partly "talking" (Dreiberg - (Nien-) Berge), on it the tower of the church of St. Sebastian built in the 12th century , behind it the red bars of the Lords of Schonebeck. In 1282 Dietrich v. Schonebeck the free county over the parish of Nienberge to the Munster bishop Everhard.

Attractions

The Münster district is characterized by residential areas and predominantly agriculturally used surrounding areas. Among other things, the Catholic parish church of St. Sebastian with a late Romanesque tower (around 1200) and a late Gothic nave (1499) and the baroque house Rüschhaus built by Johann Conrad Schlaun , which later served as the residence of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , are worth seeing.

Museums

Supraregional companies

societies

Personalities

Personalities who live / lived in Nienberge

literature

  • Karl Moritz (Hrsg.): Chronicle of Nienberge. Publishing house of the Heimatverein Nienberge 1983 (no ISBN).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 311 .
  2. ↑ Youth quota in Münster (CSV document)
  3. ↑ Elderly quota in Münster (CSV document)
  4. ↑ Migration in Münster (CSV document)