Werne
Werne | |
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Location of Werne within Unna district | |
Coordinates: 51°40′N 7°37′E / 51.667°N 7.617°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Arnsberg |
District | Unna |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Lothar Christ[1] (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 76.08 km2 (29.37 sq mi) |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 29,680 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 59368 |
Dialling codes | 0 23 89 |
Vehicle registration | UN |
Website | www.werne.de |
Werne an der Lippe (German pronunciation:
History
Middle Ages and early modern period
The first
Traders and peasants continued to accrete throughout the next three centuries. At some point between the years 1192 and 1195, the regional bishopric established a
The first moves towards a fortification of Werne date to 1302 when a trench was dug around the church; this was improved and extended to protect the entire settlement in 1383, two years before it received town privileges in 1385. After Adolph I, Duke of Cleves had burned Werne to the ground in 1400, the full fortification of the town commenced in 1415. However, this did not prevent occupation, looting and torching of the town on several occasions during the Thirty Years' War and of course it was no help at all against the Black Death, which killed 313 people (out of a population of about 1,000) in 1636 and 1637 while the war still raged. (Parts of the town wall and some of the towers were pulled down in 1779; the last town gate (the "Neutor") was demolished in 1843.)
The Peace of Westphalia, signed in 1648 at the nearby cities of Münster and Osnabrück, had essentially expelled Protestantism from the Werne region. From 1671 to 1673 the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin erected a monastery and, from 1677 to 1681, the Catholic Church. (The Martin Luther Church at the Wichernstraße dates from 1904).
From the Napoleonic time to industrialization
Werne, which had come under the administration of
In 1873 and 1874 the search for coal produced a brine thermal spring, and the Werne Baths were established in 1878. The actual coal mine did not commence operations before 1899; it was operated until 1975. Today the buildings of the "Zeche Werne" have been converted to public meeting places, or are part of a business park.
The railway line Münster-Werne-Dortmund was opened in 1928. It had taken a significant amount of lobbying to get Werne a railway station, which was totally refurbished in 2005.
World War II
During the war, 471 citizens of Werne died and 500 more disappeared without trace. The town accommodated nearly 4,000 refugees.
Population
The population of the town of Werne (and the ward of Stockum) increased from 1974 to 2003 by about 23%. The proportion of foreigners was about five percent in 2003. In the same year, the ward of Stockum with 4,760 inhabitants presented 14.6% of the population of Werne. The proportion of the Catholic population amounted to 57.4%, the proportion of the Protestant population to 25.0%. 17.6% had no religious affiliation or belonged to another faith.
In 2012 Werne had a population of 29,482.[3]
Education and culture
Schools
- Gymnasium St. Christophorus
- Anne-Frank-Gymnasium, municipal high school
- Freiherr-vom-Stein vocational school
- Realschule
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- Schule am Windmühlenberg, municipal Hauptschule
- Barbaraschule – special school, named after Barbara von Nikomedien
- Kardinal-von-Galen school, catholic primary school
- Uhlandschule, catholic primary school
- Weihbachschule, undenominational primaryschool
- Wiehagenschule, catholic primary school (also open day school)
- Wienbredeschule, catholic primary school (also open day school)
- Familienbildungsstätte
- Folk high school Werne
- Town library
Stages
- Sylvan theatreWerne
- Kolpinghaus Werne
Museums
- Karl Pollender town museum
Notable people
- Hans-Martin Linde (born 1930), classical flautist
- Dietrich Schwanitz (1940–2004), writer and literature scientist
- Theodor Homann (1948–2010), footballer
- Gabriele Behler (born 1951), politician, former minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Lars Müller (born 1976), footballer
- Nikolas Katsigiannis (born 1982), handball player
- Mehmet Kara (born 1983), footballer
- Marvin Pourié (born 1991), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
- Bailleul, France (1967)
- Lytham St Annes, England, United Kingdom (1984)
- Kyritz, Germany (1990)
- Wałcz, Poland (1992)
- Poggibonsi, Italy (2000)
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Census 2010 (German)
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". werne.de (in German). Werne. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
External links
- Official website (in German)