Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia

Coordinates: 51°50′N 6°52′E / 51.833°N 6.867°E / 51.833; 6.867
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Borken
Town
Coat of arms of Borken
Coat of arms
Location of Borken within Borken district
Borken (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaKleve (district)Wesel (district)Coesfeld (district)Coesfeld (district)Lower SaxonySteinfurt (district)NetherlandsRaesfeldHeidenRhedeBocholtBorkenRekenVelenStadtlohnHeekAhausGescherLegdenSchöppingenGronauVredenSüdlohnIsselburg
Borken is located in Germany
Borken
Borken
Borken is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Borken
Borken
Coordinates: 51°50′N 6°52′E / 51.833°N 6.867°E / 51.833; 6.867
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictBorken
Subdivisions12
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Mechtild Schulze-Hessing[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total152.6 km2 (58.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total43,489
 • Density280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
46325
Dialling codes02861
Vehicle registrationBOR

Borken (German pronunciation: [ˈbɔʁkn̩] ⓘ, Westphalian: Buorken) is a town and the capital of the district of the same name, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Borken is situated 10 km east of the

Borken station is the northern terminus on the remaining section of the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk railway
.

Neighbouring places

Division of the town

Borken consists of 12 districts:

  • Borken
  • Borkenwirthe/Burlo
  • Gemen
  • Grütlohn
  • Gemenwirthe
  • Gemenkrückling
  • Hoxfeld
  • Hovesath
  • Marbeck
  • Rhedebrügge
  • Weseke
  • Westenborken

The 10 largest groups of foreign residents by 31 December 2018:

 Poland 627
 Syria 408
 Netherlands 262
 Romania 154
 Turkey 145
 Portugal 121
 Serbia 118
 Iraq 110
 Croatia 85
 Kosovo 79

History

British troops from the 7th Armored Division in Weseke, Borken March, 1945

The name comes from the German word "Burg" or "Burk" and gradually changed to "Burke", then "Burken" and finally to "Borken". Around the year 800 the village was being used by Charles The Great (Charlemagne) as a stopover place on his travels. In 1226 City rights were granted by Bishop Dietrich II of Isenberg-Limburg. Fortification of the city with walls and towers was first noted in 1391.

In the last years of the

Münster
).

Near the end of World War II the historic center of the city was heavily destroyed. After the war, community rearrangements followed in 1969, including annexation of Gemen and other towns in the vicinity. Between 1975 and 1978 came the cleaning up and rebuilding of the southern part of the old city. There, buildings which had outlasted the destruction of the Second World War were finally demolished. In 2001 Borken celebrated its 775th anniversary.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Borken is twinned with:[3]

Notable people

Born in Borken

Leonide Massine in 1914

Connected with Borken

Gallery

  • Church of Saint Remigius in Borken
    Church of Saint Remigius in Borken
  • Tower in Borken
    Tower in Borken
  • Sculpture at the Markt in Borken
    Sculpture at the Markt in Borken
  • Church of Saint Ludgerus in Weseke
    Church of Saint Ludgerus in Weseke
  • Windmill in Weseke
    Windmill in Weseke
  • Johanneskirche Church in Gemen
    Johanneskirche Church in Gemen
  • Mariengarden Monastery in Burlo
    Mariengarden Monastery in Burlo

See also

References

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW
    . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Partnerstädte". borken.de (in German). Borken. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

External links

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