Coesfeld

Coordinates: 51°57′N 7°10′E / 51.950°N 7.167°E / 51.950; 7.167
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Coesfeld
Town
Coat of arms of Coesfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Coesfeld within Coesfeld district
North Rhine-WestphaliaRecklinghausen (district)Unna (district)HammBorken (district)Steinfurt (district)MünsterWarendorf (district)OlfenRosendahlSendenBillerbeckDülmenAschebergHavixbeckCoesfeldNottulnLüdinghausenNordkirchen
Coesfeld is located in Germany
Coesfeld
Coesfeld
Coesfeld is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Coesfeld
Coesfeld
Coordinates: 51°57′N 7°10′E / 51.950°N 7.167°E / 51.950; 7.167
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictCoesfeld
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Eliza Diekmann[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total141.05 km2 (54.46 sq mi)
Elevation
89 m (292 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total37,030
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
48653
Dialling codes02541
Vehicle registrationCOE
Websitewww.coesfeld.de
Church of St. Lambert, the destination of the yearly Grand Cross procession, with its 17th-century baroque tower

Coesfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈkoːsfɛlt] ⓘ; Westphalian: Koosfeld) is the capital of the district of Coesfeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The 12th century St. Jakobikirche was bombed during WWII, but the old doorway survives and a new church was built behind it.

Coesfeld received its city rights in 1197, but was first recorded earlier than that in the biography of St. Ludger, patron and first bishop of the diocese of Munster who was born north of Coesfeld in Billerbeck. The day before he died, Ludger spent the night in Coesfeld and heard mass in the morning in the church he founded. He was on his way from his abbey in Essen to Münster. The road he followed passed Coesfeld and Billerbeck, and after preaching in the St. Lambert's church, 26 March 809, he travelled on to Billerbeck, where he died in the evening.

The Coesfeld St. Jacobikirche dates from the same period as the city charter. For centuries, Coesfeld was an important stopping place for pilgrims traveling one of the more popular Germanic Jakobi routes (

Way of St. James) leading from Warendorf over Münster (via Billerbeck) to Coesfeld, and then on via Borken to Wesel on the Rhine
.

Bernhard von Galen

During the

Exaltation of the Cross
) if it is a Sunday otherwise on the Sunday thereafter.

One of the 18 stations of the cross in Coesfeld, erected in Galen's time by his Danish architect Pieter Pictorius

Geography

Coesfeld cross
hung with silver votive decorations

Coesfeld is situated in the

Münsterland
.

Neighbouring municipalities

Divisions

Coesfeld consists of 2 subdivisions:

  • Coesfeld
  • Lette

Education

Major secondary schools are:

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Coesfeld is twinned with:[3]

Notable people

Christoph Bernhard von Galen 1670

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. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". coesfeld.de (in German). Coesfeld. Retrieved 2021-02-11.

External links

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