Münster (region)

• Germany Land Nordrhein-Westfalen Region of Münster

The Region of Münster was founded in 1816. He is now one of five administrative districts in the state of North Rhine -Westphalia. Council is based in Münster.

Geography

The county of Münster is located in North Rhine- Westphalia. Within the country, it borders on the district of Detmold in the east, Arnsberg in the south and in the southwest of Dusseldorf, otherwise to the State of Lower Saxony in the north and the Netherlands in the west.

The district includes the greater part of the predominantly rural character Munsterland. In the north- east is the Tecklenburger country. In the Southwest he has a share in the urban Ruhr area with a much higher population density.

The highest elevation of the governmental district of Münster is the Wester Becker mountain in the municipality Lienen with a height of 236 m above sea level. NHN and is located in the Teutoburg Forest.

Administrative divisions

The county consists of five districts with a total of 75 municipalities belonging and three independent cities.

• Borken
• Coesfeld
• Recklinghausen
• Steinfurt
• Warendorf

• Bottrop
• Gelsenkirchen
• Muenster

History

The history of the governmental district of Münster goes back to the Prussian regulation on improved means of the provincial authorities on 30 April 1815. At that time Prussia's administration after the Congress of Vienna was reorganized and initially divided into ten provinces, which belong to two or more administrative regions, they should be divided into several circles. One of the newly formed provinces was the province of Westphalia. The division of the province of Westphalia and the formation of the administrative districts of Münster, Minden and Arnsberg has been with notice of 25 July 1816.

Areas of the former territories Bishopric of Münster, Vest Recklinghausen, County of Tecklenburg, upper county Lingen, County of Steinfurt, Anholt rule and reign Gemen were combined in him. Later, smaller areas were added that had once belonged to the County of Mark.

Like the other district governments in the province of Westphalia, as well as the new government in Munster formally took with the August 1, 1816 their activities on.

The administrative divisions saw 1816 as follows: circles:

Independent cities:

The North Rhine-Westphalian government reform in 1975 led to a far-reaching reorganization of the counties and cities, and brought the current above Classification forth.

Government President

The following politicians held the office of the provincial government:

Population Development

The following overview shows the numbers of inhabitants of the district of Münster to the respective territorial status. The figures are up to 1970 census results, from 1975 to official updates by the State Statistical Office. Figures for 1975, 1980 and 1985 are estimated values ​​, the numbers from 1987 extrapolations based on the results of the census of 1987. Figures are for 1837 on the " civilian population ", 1861 " Local Present population " on the, from 1925 to the resident population and from 1987 on the "population at the main place of residence ".