Telgte

Telgte ( pronunciation: [ tɛlçtə ] ) ( Low German Teegte ) is a town in the district of Warendorf in Münster (North Rhine -Westphalia). Telgte is located about twelve kilometers east of Münster on the Ems. The city is known as a place of pilgrimage ( great pilgrimage from Osnabrueck to Telgte - Telgter pilgrimage ) and by a narrative of Günter Grass ( The meeting in Telgte ).

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms, Flag and seal of
• 3.4 Town twinning

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Structures
• 4.3 Telgte in the literature

• 6.1 Honorary Citizen of the City
• 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Neighboring communities

Telgte borders Münster, Greven Greven, Warendorf and Evers angle ( clockwise starting in the west).

Districts

Telgte divided into the core city as well as the two parts of the city Westbevern village and Westbevern - Vadrup.

Westbevern ( Population: about 4000; Area: 24.46 km ²) was until 1974 an independent community managed with the parts of the village, Vadrup and Brock ( Brock has been part of local government reform to the community Greven ). By Westbevern flows Bever as the inflow of the river Ems. Attractive tourist destination is the house Langen with former double mill on the Bever. The neo-Gothic church of St. Cornelius and Cyprian heard for some years to the parish community of St. Mary ( Telgte and Westbevern ).

History

Even in the post-Roman period, the region was inhabited by Telgte of strains of Saxony. In the course of Saxony mission of Charlemagne, this area was Christianized. Ludger, first bishop of Münster, let build a church in Telgte. This Urpfarrkirche was probably a timber.

Telgte developed at a fork of the coming of the south trade routes towards the North Sea and Baltic Sea, since at a ford the river Ems could be crossed. There were originally two farms with the name Frankenfurt and Telgoth. Only gradually grew Telgte, that meant only Telgoth, then Telget and Telgith and finally Telgte, zoom to a city.

The town received its charter in 1238 and belonged to the Hanseatic League merchant covenant.

Around the year 1500 there were several major fires. In one of these fires was also based on the old church. Three times suffered Telgte under the plague, more than half of the population died in 1599 here.

At present, the Baptist was granted the Munster Prince Bishop Franz von Waldeck property until he had conquered " his" city.

By 1941 there was a Jewish community Telgte. The synagogue was destroyed in 1938, leveled the cemetery in 1942. Today these places remind Plaques on Jewish history Telgtes.

On 1 July 1968, the parish was incorporated into the city Telgte. Westbevern (without Brock ) was followed on 1 January 1975.

Demographics

117 May 2 June 6 3 Correction of the update numbers by the 1970 census

Policy

City ​​council

Pursuant to the Articles the city council has 32 members. The municipal election held on August 30, 2009 had to be repeated in Telgte, as around 500 election letters had been destroyed uncounted. The repeat election on 13 December 2009 led to the following result:

Mayor

13 December 2009 Dietrich Meendermann was voted out as mayor because he only 49.8 percent of the vote in the re-run election. In the original election on 30 August 2009, he had not yet received 50.5 percent of the vote, although he used for the election in December, had no rival candidates. This choice, however, had to be repeated, because some of the ballots had been destroyed accidentally before evaluation. A new mayor was elected on May 9, 2010. Wolfgang Pieper, the Green Party candidate, sat down with 71.5 percent of the votes cast by against those supported by the CDU and SPD candidate Ingo Deitmer.

Coat of arms, flag and official seal

The city has been awarded with Telgte certificate of Government President Münster of 31 March 1976, the right to bear the coat of arms described below.

The Telgter coat of arms shows a young oak ( telco ) because Telgte was originally surrounded by many oak forests. The name Telgte is derived from the word " telco ", which means something like " small tree branch, Seedling, Sprout " and " child " means.

With the same town charter Telgte has been granted the right to fly the flag described below.

Also the city Telgte has been bestowed with the same certificate the right to bear the official seal described below.

Twinning

Telgte maintains with the following cities twinned:

• Polanica- Zdrój, (formerly Altheide bath) in Lower Silesia ( Poland)
• Stupino in Russia
• Tomball, Texas in the U.S.

Culture and sights

Telgte is nationally known for the Nativity Museum, the Nativity market with great jumping competition, the every September attracts around 40,000 visitors, as well as the Telgter pilgrimage, the annual pilgrimage from Osnabrueck to Telgte. It is one of the largest in Germany with about 8,000 pilgrims regularly. Every year, a total of up to 150,000 pilgrims to Telgte.

In addition, once the coach pilgrimage on Ascension Day is held annually, often in the present, more than 100 coaches. This pilgrimage attracts many spectators to the city center and on the plan area, a large meeting space in the city.

On the lawn in Telgte plan other events take place: On the first weekend in May and in September the Montgolfiade the great Nativity market takes place. Hosted regularly in the summer of medieval festivals. During Advent, Germany's largest medieval lights Christmas market takes place in Telgte.

In Telgte occasional exhibitions are also held. In 2010, the ordinary people of Christel Lechner were to be seen, in the summer of 2011, the Trash People of HA Schult issued.

The Woodland Cemetery Lauheide with over 35,000 graves located on the territory of the town Telgte near the city limits of Münster. Responsible for him is the Office for Green Spaces and Environmental Protection of the City of Münster, which owns the cemetery is located.

Museums

• The museum religio ( officially: Religio - Westphalian Museum of religious culture ) is the summary of the former Museum Heritage House Munsterland and the Nativity Scene Museum in Telgte. The name has existed since 2011, the new concept of the museum dates back to 2000. The Museum Heritage House Munsterland offers annually at Christmas time large crib exhibition of national importance. It has its origin in the former parsonage barn (1934 ) next to the chapel. In 1937 the museum was expanded at the instigation of its founder Paul Engel Meier, designed by Dominic Böhm. 1983, an extension was completed with modern exhibit space. As a valuable work of art, the museum houses the famous Telgter hunger cloth of 1623, a further extension was built for the 2011/12. The 7.4 m × 4.4 m large linen cloth contains 33 image fields that are produced in pot fillet work. The illustrations describe the suffering and resurrection of Jesus Christ as well as models of the Passion from the Old Testament. In addition to the hunger cloth for home house houses additional exhibits from the Telgter churches and pilgrimage story that Glatzer Heimatstube well as a collection of personal items, and publications of Cardinal Clemens August von Galen.
• The nativity museum shows throughout the year changing exhibitions on Christmas / Christmas traditions / religious (folk ) culture. The Nativity Museum originated in one and a half years of construction by the architect Josef Paul Kleihues. He received for the facade of this building the German Natural Stone Award 1995. Operating throughout the year museum displays to the viewer as an elongated, three-storey building Ibbenbürener sandstone and with a copper roof. While the materials with the baroque chapel correspond to the architecture sets off with straight lines and brilliantly clear shape. Dominating is a large window wall, through which the action remains connected inside the museum with the outside world.

Structures

• The pilgrimage chapel, St. Mary's Chapel, is a baroque, octagonal central from around 1650th The goal of the pilgrimage is a Pietà (sculpture of Mary holding the body of Jesus ) in this chapel. According to legend, it should be from the Marienlinde ( an old Stadttorbaum ) carved.
• The Parish Church of St. Clement, built in 1522-1558 is a Gothic hall church. It lies on the River Ems and in close proximity to the pilgrimage chapel.
• Christoph- Bern Meyer House: North of the Provost Church is located directly on Emswehr a striking building, the so-called Great Mill. Very early on, there has been a mill in Telgte. On the left Emsseite behind the church was the large grain mill (the present -Bern Christoph Meyer House ), on the right bank side was the oil and fulling mill, which was canceled in 1900. The large well- ornamented stone coat of arms on the gable of the Great Mill includes the first two lines of a chronogram with the year, 1754. At the planning of the renovation of the Westphalian Baroque architect Johann Conrad Schlaun was involved.

• Emsstraße 25, half-timbered house, built around 1600
• , Originally built Herrnstraße 7, half-timbered building from the second half of the 17th century as Vikarienhaus
• King Street 35 -storey, timber-framed building erected in 1500, which was rebuilt several times
• Market 4, brick eaves house from 1778
• Built Ritter Road 2, single-storey timber-framed building with doubly Taubandknaggen cantilevered gable, 1600
• Knights Street 4, The single-storey timber-framed building, the gable cantilevered doubly cleats, was built in 1625
• Stone Street 4, storage, constructed in 1500

Telgte in the literature

In the story The meeting in Telgte by Günter Grass, the city plays an important role. In the story gather in 1647 in Telgter Gasthof Brückenhof the Emstor significant poet of " Teutschland " as it was then called, to discuss literature and a possible end to the Thirty Years' War. ( Telgte is / was on the so-called peace path, the distance between Münster and Osnabrück, on the mounted messengers negotiation documents between the parties to the Peace of Westphalia transported back and forth. )

Traffic

• Telgte is the starting point of the federal highway 64 leading toward Paderborn to the resin. About the federal highway 51 Telgte is connected to Münster and Osnabrück.
• The city is by Warendorf (RB 67) Münster - Altenbeken connected via the railway station Telgte and the breakpoint Raestrup - Evers angle to the rail network - Gütersloh - Bielefeld - Detmold. It is operated by the North Western Railway.
• In the district of Westbevern - Vadrup is connected to the railway Münster- Osnabrück.
• Between Telgte and Münster operate two regional bus and night bus route.
• Within the town is also located the Telgte classified as a commercial airfield airport Münster- Telgte, the private and business air operation permits and serves as the basis for four flight clubs.

Personalities

Honorary Citizen of the City

• Dr. Josef Koch (born 20 September 1895 in St. Wendel (Saarland), † March 18, 1983 in Telgte ), a general practitioner in Telgte, recipient of the Order of Merit; after him, the Dr. Josef Koch-Strasse is named in Telgte.
• Alfons Liitke - Westhues ( born May 17, 1930 in Westbevern; † March 8, 2004 in Warendorf ), German jumping rider, winner of the Olympic team gold medal together with Fritz Thiedemann and Hans Günter Winkler, 1956 in Stockholm
• August Liitke - Westhues ( born July 25, 1926 in Westbevern; † 1 September 2000), German eventing rider, winner of two Olympic silver medals in 1956 in Stockholm
• August Winkhaus, producer, founder of Aug. Winkhaus GmbH & Co. KG

Sons and daughters of the town

• Eduard Böhmer ( born August 29, 1829 in Telgte, † December 25, 1872 ), member of the Reichstag
• Salomon Lefmann (* December 25, 1831; † January 14, 1912 in Heidelberg), philologist
• Louis Aronstein (1841-1913), Chemist
• Alfons Liitke - Westhues ( born May 17, 1930 the district Westbevern; † March 8, 2004 in Warendorf ), show jumper, winner of the Olympic team gold medal in 1956
• Peter Janssens ( born June 17, 1934 in Telgte, † December 24, 1998 ibid ), musician, composer and founder of Sacro Pop
• Harald Norpoth ( born August 22, 1942), long-distance runner and Olympic silver medalist (1964 )
• Nadine Ernsting - Krienke ( born February 5, 1974 in Telgte ), hockey national team
• Malte Spitz ( born April 14, 1984 in Telgte ), politicians ( Alliance 90/The Greens ) - since December 2, 2006 Assessor of the Federal Executive of the Green
• Falk Dörr ( born July 24, 1941), football players ( Preußen Münster ) - first Bundesliga goal for the SC Preußen Münster in 1963