Metelen

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Metelen
Metelen
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Metelen highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′  N , 7 ° 13 ′  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Circle : Steinfurt
Height : 56 m above sea level NHN
Area : 40.28 km 2
Residents: 6360 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 158 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 48629
Area code : 02556
License plate : ST, BF, TE
Community key : 05 5 66 052
LOCODE : DE TLN
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Sendplatz 18
48629 Metelen
Website : www.metelen.de
Mayor : Gregor Krabbe ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Metelen in the Steinfurt district
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Metelen ( Low German Maideln ) is a municipality in the Steinfurt district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

geography

The municipality of Metelen is located in the Münsterland park landscape , which is characterized by a contrast of sandy soils and wetlands. The Vechte flows through the village .

Community structure

The peasant communities Naendorf and Samberg belong to Metelen.

Neighboring communities

Metelen borders on Ochtrup , Steinfurt , Horstmar , Schöppingen and Heek .

history

The imperial monastery or Abbey of Metelen , founded in 889, strongly shaped the development of the community in the Middle Ages and the early modern period up to secularization at the beginning of the 19th century. A village gradually developed around the monastery, and in 1337 there was already a market. In 1591 the place was surrounded by a wall and moat; four gates allowed entry. The textile industry has played a decisive economic role since the 17th century. This period came to an end in 1973 with the closure of the last textile factory.

On April 1, 1938, the community was through the merger of the municipalities Wigbold Metelen and parish Metelen reformed.

Development of the postal system

politics

Local election 2014
Turnout: 67.8%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.1%
32.8%
16.0%
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+ 5.3  % p
+ 0.5  % p
-6.0  % p

Municipal council

After the local elections on May 25, 2014 , the 20 seats of the local council were distributed as follows (the difference to the 2009 election in brackets):

CDU 11 seats (+ 2)
SPD 6 seats (- 1)
UWG 3 seats (- 1)

mayor

The acting mayor has been Gregor Krabbe (CDU) since May 2014.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In red a golden orb with a golden cross on top, the shaft of which is covered with a golden letter M."

Parish partnership

Château-Renard ( France ) is Metelen's partner municipality.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Cornelius and Cyprian
Metelen Land Railway Station Museum
Mill Museum

Museums

Sports

Table tennis

The association TTV Metelen , founded in 1946, became German table tennis champion in 1959 , and a year later it was runner-up. The players in the championship team were: Josef Wenninghoff (Metelen), Horst Langer (Metelen), Klemens Tietmeyer (Metelen), Hugo Kramer (Ochtrup), Paul Hegemann (Metelen), Jürgen Langer (Metelen) and Hermann Wiedau (Metelen). From 1969 to 1973 TTV played in the table tennis Bundesliga for five years . Relegation in 1973 was followed by relegation a year later, but the class could not be held.

In the 2011/2012 season, TTV Metelen plays in the Association League Group 4 of the West German Table Tennis Association (WTTV).

Vaulting

The Vaulting Association Metelen e. V. has eight teams, the second team of which is represented in the highest performance class S. In 2009 the first team of VV Metelen were guests at the M-Teamcup and the 5-country comparison competition. In 2008 they won the district championship in Wettringen.

Soccer

FC Matellia 08 Metelen was founded in 1908. Currently the 1st senior team plays in the district league A of the Steinfurt district.

tennis

The TC Metelen 64 eV was founded in 1964. There are currently 6 senior teams registered, which play their home games on the club grounds in the Metelener Heide.

chess

SK Metelen was founded in 1946. The first team plays in the regional league of the Münsterland chess association.

traffic

The Metelen Land stop outside the town is on the Münster – Enschede railway line and is served by the RB64 line every half hour . The Metelen Land Railway Museum is also located there . Metelen is also integrated into the Westfalenbus- Gesellschaft's route network. The federal road 70 ( Leer - Wesel ), which also creates a connection to the A 30 (connection Rheine Nord), runs through the village . There is a citizen bus that runs every 120 minutes. drives within the community and to Wettringen and Schöppingen . Metelen is also on the Aa-Vechte-Route cycle path (leads to Steinfurt, Laer and Bad Bentheim, among others).

On the Burgsteinfurt – Borken line , which was dismantled at the end of the 1980s, there was the Metelen Ort station .

In addition, Metelen is on the federal highway 54 and is connected to Gronau (Westf.) Gronau , Ochtrup , Burgsteinfurt , Altenberge , Nordwalde and Münster .

education

  • In two Catholic kindergartens, St. Josef and St. Marien and a Protestant kindergarten in the former elementary school, as well as the DRK Kindergarten Zwergenburg , children of preschool age are looked after and supported.
  • An elementary school, the St. Vitus Elementary School, is the educational offer in the community.
  • The music school and the adult education center are supported by an association of the municipalities of Metelen, Neuenkirchen, Ochtrup and Wettringen.
  • The Metelen e. V. (KIM) promotes cultural institutions and cultural workers and their cooperation in Metelen and the surrounding area and organizes cultural events itself.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Hans Tietmeyer (1931–2016), President of the Bundesbank (1993–1999), honorary citizen of the Metelen community. Since 1998 the restored Tendyck house, today a meeting place of the Metelen home association, has been called "Ackerbürgerhaus Hans Tietmeyer".

Sons and daughters of the church

Other personalities

  • Angelica Schwall-Düren (* 1948), politician (SPD); lived in Metelen until 2015
  • Peter Ludolf (* 1955), well-known media recycler; lived in Metelen between 2014 and 2017
  • Wilfried Theising (* 1962), auxiliary bishop in Münster; was pastor in Metelen from 1997 to 2003

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Metelen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 262 .
  3. ↑ Local government association Altenberge: Local election 2014 - Metelen
  4. ↑ Münsterland e. V .: Cycling in Metelen. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .