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Havixbeck
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Location of Havixbeck within Coesfeld district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Coesfeld |
| Municipal subdivisions | 2 |
| Mayor | Klaus Gromöller (-) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (295 ft) |
| Population | 11,801 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 223 /km2 (577 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | COE |
| Postal code | 48329 |
| Area codes | 0 25 07 |
| Website | http://www.havixbeck.de |
Havixbeck is a municipality at the north-east edge of the Baumberge in the district of Coesfeld, in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 15 km west of Münster.
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Havixbeck is located on the fringes of the Baumberge, with 187 m the highest elevations of the Münsterland. West of the town emanates the spring of Münstersche Aa which, after passing Münster, converges in the Ems River near Greven.
Havixbeck borders (clockwise, starting north) to Altenberge (District of Steinfurt), the city of Münster, as well as Senden, Nottuln and Billerbeck (District of Coesfeld).
The district Hohenholte has a population of about 1,000 residents. In the parish church of St. George, a former monastery church, there is a crucifixion relief from the period around 1530/40 as well as the epitaph of the prioress Richmond Warendorp († 1503), both created by the sculptor Johann Brabender from Münster.
Local Elections 2004:
In the list [2], only political parties that received at least 2.95% of the votes in the election are listed:
| Year | CDU | SPD | FDP | CBG | Greens |
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| 1975 | 59,2 | 32,4 | 8,5 | ||
| 1979 | 37,5 | 26,1 | 5,4 | 31,0 | |
| 1984 | 48,0 | 26,6 | 9,1 | 5,9 | 10,1 |
| 1989 | 47,9 | 26,0 | 12,7 | 13,5 | |
| 1994 | 49,3 | 26,7 | 7,7 | 16,3 | |
| 1999 | 55,1 | 24,5 | 7,0 | 13,4 | |
| 2004 | 42,6 | 25,6 | 12,0 | 19,8 |
Havixbeck is twinned with the following places:
The economy in Havixbeck consists mainly of small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly located in two major industrial areas.
The road network is excellent, there are good connections to Münster, as well as to the two nearby highways A1 and A43. Havixbeck is located at the railroadtrack between Münster and Coesfeld operating hourly. The travel times is approx. 17 minutes to Münster and 22 to Coesfeld.
With a little distance outside Havixbeck there is the Stift Tilbeck which offers housing and employment for people with disabilities.
The German poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was born in the Havixbeck castlet Burg Hülshoff in 1797, where a museum with a retrospective of her work is open to the public.[3]
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