Telgte
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Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ' N , 7 ° 47' E |
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| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Muenster | |
| Circle : | Warendorf | |
| Height : | 54 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 90.84 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 19,911 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 219 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 48291 | |
| Area code : | 02504 | |
| License plate : | WAF, BE | |
| Community key : | 05 5 70 044 | |
| City structure: | 3 districts | |
City administration address : |
Bassfeld 4–6 48291 Telgte |
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| Mayor : | Wolfgang Pieper ( The Greens ) | |
| Location of the city of Telgte in the Warendorf district | ||
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Telgte (pronunciation: [ ˈtɛlktə ], regional [ tɛlçtə ]; Low German Teegte ) is a town in the Warendorf district in the Münsterland ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). Telgte is about twelve kilometers east of Münster on the Ems . The city is known as a place of pilgrimage (large Marian pilgrimage from Osnabrück to Telgte - Telgter pilgrimage ) and through a story by Günter Grass ( The meeting in Telgte ) .
geography
Neighboring communities
Telgte borders on Münster , Greven , Ostbevern , Warendorf and Everswinkel (starting clockwise in the west).
Districts
Telgte is divided into the core city and the two districts Westbevern -Dorf and Westbevern- Vadrup .
Westbevern (population: approx. 4000; area: 24.46 km²) was an independently administered municipality with the parts Dorf , Vadrup and Brock until 1974 (Brock has belonged to the municipality of Ostbevern since the municipal territorial reform). The Bever flows through Westbevern as a tributary of the Ems . An attractive destination is Haus Langen with a former double mill on the Bever. The neo-Gothic church of St. Cornelius and Cyprian has been part of the parish community of St. Marien (Telgte and Westbevern) for several years.
history
The region around Telgte was already populated by Saxon tribes in post-Roman times . In the course of the Saxon mission by Charlemagne , this area was Christianized. Ludgerus , the first bishop of Münster , had a church built in Telgte. This original parish church was probably made of wood.
Telgte developed at a fork in the trade routes coming from the south towards the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, as the Ems could be crossed at a ford here . There were originally two farms with the names Frankenfurt and Telgoth. Telgte, which was first called Telgoth, then Telget and Telgith and finally Telgte, only gradually grew into a city.
The place received city rights in 1238 and belonged to the Hanse merchants' association.
There were several major fires around 1500. The old church perished in one of these fires. Telgte suffered from the plague three times , and in 1599 more than half of the population died here.
At the time of the Anabaptists , the Prince-Bishop of Münster, Franz von Waldeck, was given accommodation until he had recaptured "his" city.
The Telgte Jewish Community existed until 1941 . The synagogue was destroyed in 1938 and the cemetery leveled in 1942. Today, memorial plaques in these places commemorate the Jewish history of Telgtes.
On July 1, 1968, the parish parish Telgte was incorporated into the city of Telgte. Westbevern (without Brock ) followed on January 1, 1975.
Population development
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politics
City council
According to the statutes, the city council has 32 members. The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following result:
| Party / list | Share of votes | W / l% p | Seats | GV |
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| CDU | 41.9% | + 3.2 | 14th | + 2 |
| Green | 35.4% | + 2.0 | 11 | ± 0 |
| SPD | 13.5% | - 1.2 | 4th | - 1 |
| FDP | 8.3% | - 5.0 | 3 | - 1 |
| Turnout : 62.1% (2009: 54.6%) | ||||
mayor
On December 13th, 2009 Dietrich Meendermann was voted out of office as mayor because he received only 49.8% of the votes in the repeat election. In the original election on August 30, 2009, he still received 50.5% of the vote, although, as in the December election, he had no opposing candidate. This election had to be repeated, however, because some of the ballot papers were accidentally destroyed before they were evaluated. A new mayor was then elected on May 9, 2010. Wolfgang Pieper, the candidate of the Greens, prevailed with 71.5% of the votes cast against the candidate Ingo Deitmer, who was supported by the CDU and SPD.
Mayor elections were held again on April 17, 2016, and the current mayor, Wolfgang Pieper, was re-elected with 79.2% of the vote. Telgte remained the only city in North Rhine-Westphalia with a green mayor.
| Mayor since 1946 | |||||
| 1946-1947 | Wilhelm Lütke-Schwienhorst, CDU | ||||
| 1947-1949 | Ferdinand Busch, CDU | ||||
| 1949-1951 | Friedrich Sube, CENTER | ||||
| 1951-1952 | Heinrich Decker, CDU | ||||
| 1952-1964 | Bernhard Rumphorst, CDU | ||||
| 1964-1967 | Wilhelm Hotte, CDU | ||||
| 1967-1969 | Friedrich Koppernagel, CDU | ||||
| 1969-1975 | Günter Karthaus, CDU | ||||
| 1975-1988 | Albert Bruens, CDU | ||||
| 1978-1984 | Günter Karthaus, CDU | ||||
| 1984-1996 | Reinold Hotte, CDU | ||||
| 1996-1999 | Klaus Beck, SPD | ||||
| 1999-2004 | Ulrich Roeingh, CDU | ||||
| 2004-2009 | Dietrich Meendermann, CDU | ||||
| since 2010 | Wolfgang Pieper, GREEN | ||||
Coat of arms, flag and official seal
coat of arms
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Westbevern
Hoist flag
banner
Official seal
The city of Telgte was granted the right to use the coat of arms described below with a certificate issued by the District President of Münster on March 31, 1976.
- Description of coat of arms
- "The coat of arms depicts a young green oak tree with two green acorns on a white ( silver ) background on a piece of green lawn ."
The Telgter coat of arms shows a young oak (Telge), since Telgte was originally surrounded by many oak forests. The name Telgte is derived from the word "Telge", which means something like "small tree, branch, sapling, sprout" and also "child".
With the same document, the city of Telgte was granted the right to fly the flag described below.
- Description of the flag
- "The flag is striped lengthways in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from white to green to white and shows the city's coat of arms in the middle of the green strip."
- Description of the banner
- "The banner is striped lengthways in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from white to green to white and shows the city's coat of arms in the upper half of the middle strip."
The city of Telgte has also been granted the right to use the official seal described below with the same certificate.
- Description of the official seal
- "The city of Telgte has an official seal that shows the city's coat of arms and the inscription 'STADT TELGTE' in capital letters in the round seal."
Town twinning
Telgte maintains a city partnership with the following cities:
- Polanica-Zdrój , (formerly Altheide-Bad ) in Lower Silesia ( Poland )
- Stupino in Russia
- Tomball , Texas in the USA
Culture and sights
Telgte is known nationwide for its crib museum, today part of the RELíGIO - Westphalian Museum for Religious Culture , the Marian Birth Market with a large show jumping tournament that attracts around 40,000 visitors every September, and the Telgter Pilgrimage , the annual Marian pilgrimage from Osnabrück to Telgte. It is one of the largest in Germany with around 8,000 pilgrims on a regular basis . Up to 150,000 pilgrims come to Telgte every year.
In addition, the carriage pilgrimage takes place once a year on Ascension Day, where over 100 carriages often present themselves. This pilgrimage attracts many spectators to the city center and to the Planwiese, a large event area in the city.
Other events take place on the Planwiese in Telgte: The Montgolfiade takes place on the first weekend in May and the large Marian Birth Market in September. Medieval festivals also take place regularly in summer. Germany's largest medieval Christmas market with lights took place in Telgte during Advent until 2014.
There are occasional exhibitions in Telgte. In 2009, were everyday people by Christel Lechner to see in the summer of 2011, were Trash People by HA Schult issued. Everyday people were exhibited again in the old town from April to July 2015 .
The Lauheide forest cemetery with over 35,000 graves is located in the area of the city of Telgte near the city limits of Münster. Responsible for him is the Office for Green Areas and Environmental Protection of the City of Münster, which owns the cemetery.
Museums
- Under the name RELíGIO - Westphalian Museum for Religious Culture , the former Museum Heimathaus Münsterland and the Nativity Museum were merged with a common concept. The name has existed since 2011, the new conception of the museum dates back to 2012. The RELíGIO museum is the first museum of religion in Germany to present world religions, denominations and denominational differences, religious festivals, the history of the Telgter pilgrimage, the life and work of a cardinal on over 1000 square meters von Galens and the important Telgter Hunger cloth from 1623.
- The grain distillery museum is a technical monument that allows a detailed insight into the history of the Munsterland grain distillery. In the building built in 1900, production continued until 1979. The technical system is almost completely preserved. A gallery on the second floor offers space for exhibitions of contemporary art.
Buildings
- The pilgrimage chapel , a Lady Chapel, is a baroque , octagonal central building from around 1650. The goal of the pilgrimages is the Telgter miraculous image , a Pietà (sculpture of Mary with the body of Jesus ) in this chapel. According to legend, it is said to be carved out of the Marienlinde (an old city gate tree).
- The provost church of St. Clemens , built between 1522 and 1558, is a Gothic hall church . It is located on the Ems and in close proximity to the pilgrimage chapel.
- Christoph-Bernsmeyer-Haus : To the north of the provost church there is a striking building, the so-called Great Mill , directly on the Emswehr . There was a mill in Telgte very early on. On the left side of the Ems behind the church stood the large grain mill (today's Christoph-Bernsmeyer-Haus), on the right bank was the oil and fulling mill, which was demolished around 1900. The large, well-adorned coat of arms stone on the gable of the Great Mill contains a chronogram with the year 1754 in the first two lines. The Westphalian baroque master builder Johann Conrad Schlaun was involved in the planning of the renovation work .
- This former grain mill was thoroughly renovated in 1976/77 and taken over by the Mauritz Franciscan Sisters , whose founder, Father Johann Christoph Bernsmeyer (1777-1858), was for a long time vicar in Telgte and therefore gave the house its name. The building was a convalescent home for Franciscan Sisters until 2014 and now houses a priory of the Maria Stella Matutina Sisters , a contemplative religious community.
- Emsstraße 25 , half-timbered building , built around 1600
- Herrenstraße 7 , half-timbered building from the second half of the 17th century, originally built as a vicarage house
- Königstraße 35 , single-storey half-timbered building built in 1500, which was rebuilt several times
- Markt 4 , brick eaves house from 1778
- Ritterstraße 2 , one-storey half-timbered building with a gable that protrudes twice over a dew band , built around 1600
- Ritterstraße 4 , the single-storey half-timbered building, the gable of which protrudes twice over Knaggen, was built in 1625
- Steinstrasse 4 , Speicher, built around 1500
Tree monument
- Marienlinde
The Marienlinde is an approx. 750 year old, listed summer linden tree and is one of the oldest trees in Germany. The tree veteran stands at the northern city gate, the Münstertor. The linden tree takes its name from the image of Mary that is said to have been carved from its wood.
Telgte in literature
In the story the meeting at telgte of Günter Grass , the city plays an important role. In the story, important poets from "Teutschland", as it was called at the time, gathered in Telgter Gasthof Brückenhof near Emstor in 1647 to discuss literature and a possible end to the Thirty Years' War . (Telgte is / was on the so-called Friedensweg, the route between Münster and Osnabrück , on which mounted messengers carried the negotiating papers between the parties to the Peace of Westphalia .)
traffic
- Telgte is the starting point of federal road 64 , which leads in the direction of Paderborn to the Harz . Telgte is connected to Münster and Osnabrück via the federal highway 51 .
- The city is connected by the Warendorfer Bahn ( RB 67 Münster - Gütersloh - Bielefeld - Herford - Rahden ) to Telgte station . It is operated by the Eurobahn .
- In the Westbevern-Vadrup district there is a stop on the Münster – Osnabrück railway line ( Westbevern station ).
- There are two regional and one night bus routes between Telgte and Münster .
- In the area of the city of Telgte there is also the Münster-Telgte airfield, classified as a commercial airfield , which enables private and business flight operations and serves as the basis for four flight clubs.
- Several cycle paths lead through Telgte, u. a. the EmsRadweg (runs from the Teutoburg Forest to the North Sea), the Friedensroute (from Münster to Osnabrück) and the European cycle path R1 (from France to Russia).
Personalities
Honorary citizen of the city
- Josef Koch (born September 20, 1895 in St. Wendel (Saarland), † March 18, 1983 in Telgte), general practitioner in Telgte, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit ; after him is the Dr. Josef Koch-Strasse in Telgte.
- Alfons Lütke-Westhues (born May 17, 1930 in Westbevern; † March 8, 2004 in Warendorf), German show jumper , winner of the Olympic team gold medal together with Fritz Thiedemann and Hans Günter Winkler in Stockholm in 1956
- August Lütke-Westhues (born July 25, 1926 in Westbevern; † September 1, 2000), German eventing rider, winner of two Olympic silver medals in 1956 in Stockholm
- August Winkhaus, manufacturer, founder of Aug. Winkhaus GmbH & Co. KG
sons and daughters of the town
- Eduard Böhmer (1829–1872), member of the Reichstag
- Salomon Lefmann (1831-1912), philologist
- Ludwig Brefeld (1837–1907), politician, civil servant, Prussian trade minister
- Oscar Brefeld (1839–1925), botanist and mycologist
- Louis Aronstein (1841-1913), chemist
- Alfons Lütke-Westhues (1930-2004), show jumper
- Peter Janssens (1934–1998), musician, composer
- Ludwig Rotthowe (1937–2017), railway photographer
- Philipp R. Hömberg (1939–2001), prehistoric and monument conservator
- Falk Dörr (* 1941), football player (Prussia Münster)
- Harald Norpoth (* 1942), long-distance runner
- Markus Berges (* 1966), singer, songwriter and writer
- Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (* 1974), national hockey player
- André Großfeld , (1977 *) Cooking with a star in the Michelin guide awarded
- Malte Spitz (* 1984), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
literature
- Klaus Schwinger (with the assistance of Thomas Ostendorf and Franz-Josef Schlüter): Telgte. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2013. ISBN 978-3-95400-123-1 . (Collection of around 220 photographs from 1900 to 1975)
- History of the city of Telgte. Edited by Werner Frese on behalf of the city of Telgte. Ardey-Verlag, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-87023-112-2 .
- Remembrance and warning - Association for the promotion of memory of the Jews in Telgte e. V. (Ed.): Memorial book for the Telgter victims of the Holocaust. Telgte 2008, 2nd revised and expanded edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027958-4 .
- Renate Kruchen: Telgte in memory. For residents and friends of a small town. Rhode Druck, Harsewinkel 1983, ISBN 3-921961-06-8 . (Collection of photographs from the 19th and first half of the 20th century)
- City of Telgte (Ed.): Telgte. Chronicle of a city. Verlag Theodor Eckolt, Warendorf 1974, without ISBN. (Collection of 13 essays on city history from prehistory and early history to the present)
- City of Telgte (Ed.): Telgte homeland book. Telgte 1938.
Web links
- Website of the city of Telgte
- Website district Westbevern
- Website RELíGIO - Westphalian Museum for Religious Culture
- Telgte 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 )
- ^ Duden pronunciation dictionary
- ↑ See the memorial book for the Telgter victims of the Holocaust , ed. v. Remembrance and warning - Association for the promotion of memory of the Jews in Telgte e. V., Telgte 2008, 2nd revised and expanded edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027958-4 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 66 .
- ^ 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. 315 .
- ^ The State Returning Officer of North Rhine-Westphalia, municipal elections 2014, final result for Telgte
- ↑ citywerk gmbh: Elections - Mayor Election 2016. In: www.telgte.de. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
- ↑ FOCUS Online: Mayor election in Telgte: Green is up for re-election. In: FOCUS Online. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d § 2 of the main statute of the city of Telgte (PDF; 321 kB)
- ↑ Trash People - stop in Telgte. An action by HA Schult. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ↑ Münsterland e. V .: Cycling in Telgte | Münsterland e. V. Tourism. Retrieved June 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Münsterland e. V .: European cycle route R1 | Münsterland e. V. Tourism. Retrieved June 1, 2017 .
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