West bark

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West bark
City of Borken
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 29 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 38–50 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.55 km²
Residents : 312  (2008)
Population density : 36 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 46325
Area code : 02861
Westenborken (North Rhine-Westphalia)
West bark

Location of Westenborken in North Rhine-Westphalia

Westenborken is a scattered settlement and a district of the city of Borken in the district of the same name in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Westenborken extends in the southwest of the Borken city area in an agricultural area. To the north lies the Bocholter Aa valley with the farming communities of Hoxfeld and Rhedebrügge . To the west is the Krommert settlement , which belongs to the town of Rhede . In the east lies the Borkener farmers 'community Grütlohn in the south the Raesfeld farmers' home Homer .

Westborken is traversed by some tributaries of the Bocholter Aa. The most important is the Kieritbach . Westenborken is located in the Hohe Mark Nature Park .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1206. In 1206 the Asbeck monastery received the tithe in Westenborken. At that time, Westenborken was a peasantry in the parish of Borken. In the middle of the 19th century the village became independent. The municipal reorganization came into force on July 1, 1969. Westenborken came to the city of Borken.

traffic

North of the village, the federal road 67 runs to Bocholt and the A31 . The L 896 runs straight through the settlement from Borken to Wesel .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 95 .

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