Westerholt

Westerholt stands for:

Westerholt (noble family)

Places:

Westerholt (Herten) , district of Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia
Westerholt (Wittmund district) , municipality in Holtriem, Wittmund district, Lower Saxony
Westerholt (Wardenburg) , village in Wardenburg, Oldenburg district

Buildings:

Westerholt Castle in Herten-Westerholt
Westerholt power plant in Gelsenkirchen-Hassel
Westerholt colliery in Gelsenkirchen-Hassel and Herten-Westerholt

Westerholt is the family name of the following people:

Bernhard von Westerholt (canon, † 1592) (1554–1592), German clergyman, canon in Münster
Bernhard von Westerholt (canon, † 1609) († 1609), German clergyman, canon in Münster
Bernhard von Westerholt zu Hackfort (1595–1638), German military
Bernhard Heinrich Burckhardt von Westerholt zu Westerholt and Alst (1657–1708), German nobleman, tribe of the Westerholt family
Clara Francisca Antonetta von Westerholt zu Lembeck (1694–1763), abbess at Freckenhorst Abbey
Egon von und zu Westerholt and Gysenberg (1844–1923), German manor owner and politician
Friedrich Ludolph von Westerholt-Gysenberg (1804–1869), founder of the Westerholt-Arenfels line
Friedrich Otto von und zu Westerholt and Gysenberg (1814–1904), German manor owner and politician
Hans Westerholt (1906–1967), German politician (DP, GDP, CDU)
Johann von Westerholt (canon, around 1540) (around 1540 – after 1595), German clergyman, canon in Münster
Johann von Westerholt (Canon, 1563) (1563–1628), German clergyman, Canon in Münster, Chancellor of the Bishop of Münster
Johann Bernhard von Westerholt († 1664), German clergyman, canon in Münster and Hildesheim
Matthias Westerholt (* 1963), German lawyer
Nikolaus von Westerholt († 1662), German clergyman, canon in Münster
Philipp von Westerholt († 1634), German clergyman, canon in Münster
Wilhelm von und zu Westerholt and Gysenberg (1782–1852), German administrative lawyer, District Administrator of Recklinghausen
Wilhelm Achill von Westerholt (1806–1854), German clergyman, canon in Münster
Wilhelmine von und zu Westerholt-Gysenberg (1773-1852), Beethoven's childhood sweetheart

See also:

Westerholt to Westerholt and Alst
Hans Westerhold (1920–2005), German cyclist and cycling official