Tecklenburg

Tecklenburg
Tecklenburg
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Steinfurt
Town subdivisions 17
Mayor Wilfried Brönstrup
Basic statistics
Area 70.37 km2 (27.17 sq mi)
Elevation 122-201 m
Population 9,159 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 130 /km2 (337 /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
County of Tecklenburg
Grafschaft Tecklenburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806)
←
 11th century–1808 →
Capital Tecklenburg
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Established early 11th century 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

Geography

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

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

Neighbouring municipalities

History

In the 12th century the county of Tecklenburg emerged in the region that is now called the "Tecklenburger Land" in the western foothills of the Teutoburg Forest. It was annexed by the neighbouring county of Bentheim in 1263, and Tecklenburg still had a count until the 19th century. Even today, some local descendents of the Bentheim / Tecklenburg families are sometimes considered as (former) nobles. Much like many other European (former) nobles, their family can be traced back to Charles the Great (800's) or is linked with the blood lines of old European royal families (e.g. in the case of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg there is a link with the House of Orange - the Dutch royal family).

Tecklenburg retained some of its medieval townscape to date. Main sites include the ruined castle (now serving as open air theatre during the Summer) and the Stadtkirche (the main, old church) including tombs of the dukes of Tecklenburg and others prominent in the history of the county and city.

Today, the city of Tecklenburg (from a perspective of size really not a city but a town) is a tourist destination.

Burg Tecklenburg

Burg Tecklenburg is a castle ruin in Tecklenburg, used today as an outdoor theatre.

The castle was built around 1250. Anna von Tecklenburg-Schwerin made a lot of construction changes. Around 1700 the castle was old and the bricks were used for other buildings in Tecklenburg. Only a ruin was the result.[2]

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Tecklenburg is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 
  2. ^ Edgar Warnecke, Das große Buch der Burgen und Schlösser im Land von Hase und Ems. Verlag H. Th. Wenner, ISBN 3-87898-297-6

External links

Towns and municipalities in Steinfurt (district)

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