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Neuenkirchen, Westphalia

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Neuenkirchen within Steinfurt district

(2020–25) Wilfried Brüning^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total48 km² (19 sq mi)Elevation

58 m (190 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total14,072 • Density290/km² (760/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

48485

Dialling codes05973Vehicle registrationSTWebsitewww.neuenkirchen.de

Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster.

Geography

Neighbouring places

Wettringen
Steinfurt
Emsdetten
Rheine
Salzbergen

Division of the municipality

St. Arnold [de]
Offlum
Sutrum-Harum
Landersum

Politics

Town assembly

After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure:

CDU 15 seats
SPD 5 seats
Green Party 2 seats
FDP 1 seats
UWG 3 seats

Sons and daughters of the community

Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse).
Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), American Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher
August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer
André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.