Ibbenbüren
Ibbenbüren
Ippenbürn ( Low German) | |
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Location of Ibbenbüren within Steinfurt district | |
Coordinates: 52°16′40″N 7°43′00″E / 52.27778°N 7.71667°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Steinfurt |
Subdivisions | 9 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Marc Schrameyer[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 108.85 km2 (42.03 sq mi) |
Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 52,421 |
• Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 49477, 49479 |
Dialling codes | 05451, 05459 (Uffeln), 05455 (Dörenthe) |
Vehicle registration | ST, TE, BF |
Website | www.ibbenbueren.de |
Ibbenbüren (Westphalian: Ippenbürn) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Ibbenbüren is on the
in the east, both approximately 20 km away.History
Ibbenbüren is mentioned in documentary evidence for the first time in 1146 when the bishop of Osnabrück at that time, Philipp of Katzenelnbogen, donated a tenth of his possessions in Ibbenbüren to the Getrudenkloster of Osnabrück. Although Ibbenbüren was already much older and a document of the year 1348 mentions the establishment of a church in the year 799, though the year 1146 is officially considered as the year of the foundation of Ibbenbüren.
In the years 1219 and/or 1234 it appears as a church village. In the transition from the
After the noble gentleman of Ibbenbüren died out, Ibbenbüren came under the exclusive rule of the counts of
After Ibbenbüren repeatedly fell under control of the Netherlands and Spain in the
During the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte at the beginning of the 19th century, Ibbenbüren belonged to the first French Empire, until it was freed by Prussian and Russian troops in 1815. It came back under Prussian rule on January 1, 1816, and was assigned to the district of Tecklenburg. After the end of World War II the city Ibbenbüren and the municipality Ibbenbüren Land were formed on December 31, 1974, into the department federation Ibbenbüren, resulting in today's city of Ibbenbüren. With the simultaneous dissolution of the district of Tecklenburg and fusion with the old district of Burgsteinfurt, Ibbenbüren was assigned to the new district of Steinfurt.
On 16 May 2015, a passenger train collided with a vehicle on a level crossing at Ibbenbüren. Two people were killed and 20 were injured, three seriously.[3]
Coat of arms
Coat of arms displays an upright golden anchor on a blue shield. The colours blue and gold represent the city colours. The origin of the anchor is not known, but the anchor is also on the coat of arms of the neighbouring earldom of Lingen, which has a harbour. The anchor could depict the port customs office, which was owned by the earl.
Transport
The town has three stations on the
.Twin towns – sister cities
Ibbenbüren is twinned with:[4]
- Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
- Gourdon, France
- Hellendoorn, Netherlands
- Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
- Prievidza, Slovakia
Notable people
- Ignatz Wiemeler (1895–1952), bookbinder and educator
- Bernhard Bergmeyer (1897–1987), politician (CDU)
- Hermann Gösmann (1904–1979), lawyer and football administrator
- Hermann Michel (1935–1984?), football player and coach
- Ingrid Remmers (born 1965), politician (The Left)
- Timo Dierkes (born 1967), actor
- Anja Karliczek (born 1971), politician (CDU)
- Tino Wenzel (born 1973), sport shooter
- Kerstin Garefrekes (born 1979), footballer
- Christine Wenzel (née Brinker) (born 1981), skeet shooter, Olympic medalist
- Simon Rolfes (born 1982), footballer
- Lars Unnerstall (born 1990), footballer
- Marius Bülter (born 1993), footballer
- Sebastian Klaas (born 1998), footballer
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "German train crash kills two near Ibbenbueren". BBC News. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". ibbenbueren.de (in German). Ibbenbüren. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
External links
- Official website (in German)