Metelen

Metelen ( Low German Maideln ) is a town in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany in the district of Steinfurt.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Museums
  • 5.2 Sports
  • 5.3 traffic
  • 5.4 Education
  • 6.1 freeman
  • 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.3 Other personalities

Geography

The municipality is located in Münster Metelen park landscape, which is characterized by a varied contrast of sandy soils and wetlands. Through the town flows the river Vecht.

Metelen borders Ochtrup, Steinfurt, Horstmar, Schöppingen and Heek.

History

Founded in 889 rich immediate monastery or pin Metelen has until the secularization in the early 19th century, heavily influenced the development of the community in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Around the monastery developed gradually a town in 1337 was already a market. 1591 was the site of a enclosure with wall and ditch; four goals granted admission. Since the 17th century, the textile industry played a crucial economic role. In 1973, with the closure of the last textile operations this period to an end.

On April 1, 1938, the church was re- formed by the merger of the municipalities and parish Wigbold Metelen Metelen.

Development of the postal system

Policy

Parish council

After the local elections on August 30, 2009, distribute the 20 seats of the council as follows:

Mayor

Acting Mayor Helmut Brüning (SPD).

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". In red a golden orb with attached golden cross, the shaft of which is covered by a golden letter M "

Community partnership

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Railway Museum Metelen country
  • Mill Museum

Sports

The club was founded in 1946 TTV Metelen 1959 German champion in table tennis, a year later he was runner-up. The players of the championship team were: Joseph Wenninghoff ( Metelen ), Horst Langer ( Metelen ), Clement Tietmeyer ( Metelen ), Hugo Kramer ( Ochtrup ), Paul Hegemann ( Metelen ), Jürgen Langer ( Metelen ) and Hermann Wiedau ( Metelen ). From 1969 to 1973, the TTV played for five years in the table tennis league. The Descent 1973 follow a year later to rise again, but the class could not be maintained.

In the season 2011/2012 of TTV Metelen plays in the Association League Group 4 of the West German Table Tennis Association ( WTTV ).

The vaulting club Metelen eV has eight teams whose second team is represented in the highest performance class S. 2009 was the first team of VV Metelen guest at the M- Teamcup and the five -country comparison competition. In 2008 she won the district championship in betting rings.

The F. C. Matellia 08 Metelen was founded in 1908. Currently playing the first seniors team in the county league A of the district of Steinfurt.

The SK Metelen was founded in 1946. The first team plays in the Association Class A of the Chess Federation Muenster country.

Traffic

The out-of- town station Metelen country is located on the regional rail line ( Euregiobahn ) 64 Münster (Westfalen ) Enschede (Netherlands). Furthermore Metelen is integrated into the network of the Westfalenbus Society. Through the town, the highway passes 70 (empty - Wesel ), which also creates a connection to the A 30 (Connection Rheine Nord). There is a Bürgerbus of every 120 min. Within the church, and after betting rings and Schöppingen fährt.Dabei indoor pools ( Vechtebad Schöppingen, indoor pool betting rings ) are approached. Change trains are the options in betting rings ( church) and in Schöppingen (Old Town Hall ).

Education

  • In two Catholic kindergartens, St. Joseph and St. Mary's, and the Red Cross Children's garden gnome castle children are cared for and supported in preschool.
  • Two schools, St. Vitus Elementary School and the Droste- Hulshoff - secondary school, form, school provision in the community.
  • The Music School and the Community College are supported by a special purpose association of municipalities Metelen, New Churches, Ochtrup and betting rings.
  • The cultural initiative Metelen eV ( KIM ) promotes cultural institutions and cultural workers and their cooperation in Metelen and surrounding area and even cultural events.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Hans Tietmeyer, 1993-1999 Bundesbank president, honorary citizen of the community Metelen. Since 1998, bears the restored house Tendyck, today a meeting place of the home club Metelen, the name " Ackerbürgerhaus Hans Tietmeyer ".

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Arnold Kock (1822-1879 Borg Horst ), entrepreneur, founder of the Arnold Kock Textil GmbH
  • Anne stave Bacon Focke (nee Focke; born April 18, 1922 in Metelen ), sculptor and painter who lives and works in Emsdetten.
  • Clement Tietmeyer (1937-1993), table tennis players
  • Hermann Focke (* 1924), sculptor, draftsman and painter

Other personalities

  • Angelica Schwall -Düren (* 1948), politician (SPD ), lives in Metelen.
  • Wilfried Theising (* 1962), auxiliary bishop in Muenster, was pastor from 1997 to 2003 in Metelen.
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