Tecklenburg

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Tecklenburg
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Town subdivisions	17
Mayor	Wilfried Brönstrup
Basic statistics
Area	70.37 km² (27.2 sq mi)
Elevation	122-201 m
Population	9,408  (31/12/2006)
- Density	134 /km² (346 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ST (until 1975: TE)
Postal code	49545
Area code	05482
Website	www.tecklenburg.de Coordinates: 52°13′10″N 7°48′45″E / 52.21944, 7.8125

Grafschaft Tecklenburg County of Tecklenburg State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) ← 11th century – 1808 → Capital Tecklenburg Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Established early 11th century  - To counts of Schwerin 1327–1557  - Partitioned to create     the County of Lingen   1493  - To Solms-Braunfels     by judgement   1696  - Sold to Brandenburg 1707  - Mediatised to Berg 1808  - Annexed by France to form     département of Lippe   1810–15

Tecklenburg is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Division of the town 1.2 Neighbouring municipalities 1.3 Twin towns 2 History 3 External links

[edit] Geography

It is located at the foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, southwest of Osnabrück.

[edit] Division of the town

Tecklenburg consists of 4 districts (with farming communities):

Tecklenburg

Brochterbeck Oberdorf Niederdorf Holthausen Wallen-Lienen Horstmersch

Ledde Danebrock Oberbauer Wieck

Leeden Loose Oberberge

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

• Ibbenbüren
• Westerkappeln
• Lotte
• Hagen
• Lengerich
• Ladbergen
• Saerbeck

[edit] Twin towns

•  France Chalonnes-sur-Loire (France)

[edit] History

In the 12th century the small earldom of Tecklenburg emerged in the region, comprising the Tecklenburger Land (the western foothills of the Teutoburg Forest). It was annexed by the neighbouring earldom of Bentheim in 1263, but there was still an earl of Tecklenburg until the 19th century.

Tecklenburg retained a medieval townscape to date. The main sights are the castle and the Stadtkirche (a church) with the tombs of the earls.

See also Bentheim-Tecklenburg.

[edit] External links

• Official site (German)
• Corpus juris of the province Tecklenburg/Lingen online (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Steinfurt (district) Altenberge | Emsdetten | Greven | Hopsten | Hörstel | Horstmar | Ibbenbüren | Ladbergen | Laer | Lengerich | Lienen | Lotte | Metelen | Mettingen | Neuenkirchen | Nordwalde | Ochtrup | Recke | Rheine | Saerbeck | Steinfurt | Tecklenburg | Westerkappeln | Wettringen