Neuenkirchen, Westphalia

New Churches ( Low German Nienkiärken ) is a Westphalian municipality in northern Munster country. It belongs to the district of Steinfurt.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 municipality of Directors
  • 3.4 Coat of Arms
  • 3.5 community partnerships
  • 5.1 Music
  • 5.2 Regular events
  • 5.3 Public bodies
  • 5.4 Education
  • 6.1 Football
  • 6.2 Other sports
  • 7.1 freeman
  • 7.2 Honorary Mayor
  • 7.3 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 7.4 Other persons who are connected with the community

Geography

Geographical Location

New churches located on the northwestern edge of North Rhine -Westphalia and Lower Saxony borders. A western foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, the Thieberg, pervades in Westostrichtung as a rounded ridge of the northern district. Here, the so-called Neuenkirchener Mountain is located at 84 m above sea level, the highest point of the municipality. From south to north the Munsterlander Kiessandzug characterizes the whole of the western municipality. Many pine forests and lakes characterize the former course of the Saale glacial deposit. Especially the nearly 50 -acre lake Offlumer complements the Munsterlander parkland and invites you to relax. In Clemens port of Frischhofsbach flows through the southern municipality in the direction of Ems. In the southwest of the community of the Dark stream flows to the northwest and flows between Maxhafen and the peasantry Offlum in Steinfurter Aa. Near the center of Wambach and the Offlumer Rhin spring. The Wambach flows to the east of the Ems, while the Offlumer Rhin flows west and empties into the Steinfurter Aa.

Neighboring communities

New churches adjacent to the Westphalian communities betting rings, Steinfurt, Emsdetten and the city of Rheine and at the Lower Saxon church salt mountains.

Local structure

  • Dorfbauerschaft
  • Landersum
  • Offlum
  • Saint Arnold
  • Sutrum - Harum

History

The original name of the present village is Snedwinkel or Snedwinkela, which translates as " cutting angle " meant and probably originates from the location between the districts Bursibant and Skopingau. At this time, the peasantry was politically and ecclesiastically Snedwinkel to Rheine. Even today, remember the " Snedwinkelstraße " and the " Snedwinkela -Realschule " to the old name.

His first documentary mention is New Churches in 1247, in which Bishop Ludolf von Münster allows the local farming communities to build a " New Church " in Snedwinkel after which the name New churches back. For the elderly, among others, on cards handed name Nyenkerken developed today's dialect Nienkiärken.

At the site of this first church there were at least two Nachfolgebauten. Today's St. Anne's Church was built in the years 1896-1899 in the style of Neo-Romanesque along the lines of Andernacher Mary's Church and the Abbey Church Khajuraho and serves as a Catholic church.

On January 1, 1975 New churches were (10 ha with a population of 11 at the time ) and Rheine left the Ems (1.00 km2 with a population of 55 at the time ) increased by small parts of the territory of the former municipalities Mesum.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 30 August 2009 showed the following distribution of seats in the municipal council, which has existed since October 21, 2009:

  • CDU: 14 seats (-1)
  • SPD: 6 seats ( 1)
  • UWG: 3 seats (± 0)
  • GREEN: 2 seats (± 0)
  • FDP: 1 seat ( ± 0)

Mayor

Unsalaried

Full-time

Community directors

Full-time

With the administrative reform of the circles in NRW, the Office of the Municipal Director in 1999 was abolished.

Coat of arms

The municipality operates since 1939 their coat of arms.

The blazon reads as follows: "From the red and gold in the wave cut diagonally divided shield, top with three upright bundled golden ears of corn, is down with a slanted red weaver's shuttle. "

" The coat of arms of the municipality of New Churches refers to the position at the Max Clemens channel, which is still preserved within the municipal boundary. It also makes reference to agriculture - the ears are the ornament of an old riflemen of 1798, also house fronts and bars of the municipality finds the motif of three ears of barley - and to the domestic textile industry ( shuttle ). The colors red and gold are the County of Steinfurt as former state rule. "

Contributions to the history of the municipality of Heinrich Fischer and Robert Wehmschulte

Community partnerships

New churches maintains a partnership to Thuringian municipality in Heyerode calibration field. The previous partnership with the Dutch municipality of Hengelo went out with their integration in the town Bronckhorst.

Attractions

  • Catholic Parish Church of St. Anna
  • Recreation area Offlumer lake

" Heyer The desolate place " in New Churches

Monument clog maker in the pedestrian area of ​​" Heyer The desolate place "

Unpack carrier monument commemorating the Hollandgänger

Culture

Music

Music School / Purpose Association Ochtrup, New Churches, Metelen, betting rings

Regular events

  • Flea market in spring
  • Oldtimer Sunday on the first Sunday in May
  • Children's Day in June
  • Neuenkirchener fair on the third weekend in August
  • Fun run in summer
  • Pumpkin Festival in October
  • Unpack carrier market in November
  • Sterntaler market in December

Public institutions

  • Meeting Centre "Villa Hecking "
  • Public libraries ( Catholic Library St. Ann Catholic. Library of St. Joseph )
  • Youth center " Mc Fly"
  • Youth center " Tante Ju "
  • Network Family Center

Education

  • Elementary schools: Josef school, Ludgerischule, Thieschule
  • Main School: Heri Castle School
  • Junior High School: Snedwinkela -Realschule
  • High School: Arnold Janssen Gymnasium
  • Community College / Purpose Association Ochtrup, New Churches, Metelen, betting rings
  • Verbundschule New churches betting rings

Sports

Football

The most famous football club in New churches Learner New churches. Since 2012, the first team plays in the fifth highest league, the Oberliga Westfalen. The home games are played in the stadium forest. Other departments, such as badminton and table tennis, there are in the club.

Furthermore, there is the TuS Saint Arnold, who also has a women's football department and other sports departments (eg, badminton and tennis) features.

Other sports

  • VSS New Churches ( shooters )
  • Karate Kyokai New Churches ( Karate )
  • ZRFV New Churches ( equestrian )
  • TC Green White New Churches ( Tennis )
  • St.Hubertus Ulmker ( equestrian )
  • Margarehtenhof ( equestrian )
  • Badminton

Personalities

Freeman

  • Maria Hecking
  • Eduard Veltmann
  • Josef Gottke
  • Dr. August Mammes
  • Heinrich Fischer

Honorary Mayor

  • Bernhard Loren Beck

Sons and daughters of the town

  • August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
  • Josef Bille ( b. 1944 ), physicist and inventor, winner of the European Inventor Award 2012
  • Johannes Georg Bednorz ( born 1950 ), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg Bednorz - road).
  • Hans Weiner ( born 1950 ), former football player
  • Anton Deitmar ( b. 1960 ), mathematician
  • Thomas Ader (* 1961), ARD correspondent
  • André Wiwerink ( b. 1980 ), football player
  • Hans Weiner ( born 1950 ), football player

Other personalities who are associated with the community

  • Bernhard bed, a Catholic priest in New churches 1893-1923, during his tenure was built the Church of St. Anne, a residential street bears his name ( priest - Bette- road).
  • Joseph Hendel, 1897-1993, artist (paintings, woodcuts, etchings ), the estate is owned by the community, a residential street bears his name ( Josef Hendel Street).
  • Clemens Horstmann, 1892-1981, Member of the Landtag NRW (1950-1966)
  • Leni Fischer, MP (1976-1998), first President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council (1996-1999)
  • Hannelore Brüning, MP NRW (1990-2010)

Attractions

Local 2004, Project: "Leap across the gravel bank": design of Offlumer lake with beach promenade, a beach, a funnel towers ( added to the funnel were placed 400 m to the southeast ) as a viewing platform, running track, circular pathways (5,7 km around the Offlumer lake ), Seecafé and much more. As part of the Regional archaeological excavations were carried out.

  • Regional project "Leap across the gravel bank" on Offlumer lake

Beach promenade and bathing place

Running track in the pine forest

Seecafé on Offlumer lake

Beach in winter

Curiosities

A local newspaper report of 3 August 2010 on a ruined flower pots in front of the pin Antonius caused a media hype.

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