Telgte

Telgte
Old Town and River Ems Old Town and River Ems
Coat of arms of Telgte Coat of arms
Telgte
Location of Telgte within Warendorf district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Warendorf
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Pieper (BUENDNIS 90/DIE GRUENEN)
Area
• Total	90.6 km2 (35.0 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	18,996
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	48291
Dialling codes	02504
Vehicle registration	WAF
Website	www.telgte.de

Telgte is a town in the Warendorf district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Ems, 10 km east of Münster, and 15 km west of Warendorf.

History

Telgte received town privileges in 1238. It developed at a fork of larger trade routes to the North Sea and Baltic Sea, at a ford across the river Ems. 1469 Telgte is mentioned as member of the Hanseatic League.

Prince-Bishop Franz von Waldeck of Münster was granted asylum in Telgte during the Münster Rebellion of the Anabaptists in the 1530s.

Culture

Telgte is famous for the annual Telgte Pilgrimage, the second largest pilgrimage in Germany. Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and beginning in Osnabrück, the summertime pilgrimage regularly consists of 8,000 pilgrims. Approximately 150,000 pilgrims visit Telgte annually. Telgte is also known for its Nativity Museum (Krippenmuseum) and its fair (Mariä-Geburts-Markt).

Nobel-winner Günter Grass's novel The Meeting at Telgte (Das Treffen in Telgte) is set in Telgte during the negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years' War.

Politics

The city of Telgte consists of three quarters: Telgte, Westbevern and Westbevern Vadrup. Until the 1970s Westbevern was an independently administered village which consisted of Vadrup and Brock (Brock was incorporated into Ostbevern in a communal reform). Through Westbevern flows the river Bever, a tributary of the Ems. An attractive touristic tourist destinataion is Haus Langen, with a former double mill at the Bever.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Telgte is twinned with:=

• Polanica-Zdrój, Poland
• Stupino, Russia
• Tomball, United States

Mayors since 1946

1946–1947	Wilhelm Lütke-Schwienhorst, CDU
1947–1949	Ferdinand Busch, CDU
1949–1951	Friedrich Sube, Zentrum
1951–1952	Heinrich Decker, CDU
1952–1964	Bernhard Rumphorst, CDU
1964–1967	Wilhelm Hotte, CDU
1967–1969	Friedrich Koppernagel, CDU
1969–1975	Günter Karthaus, CDU
1975–1978	Albert Bruens, CDU
1978–1984	Günter Karthaus, CDU
1984–1996	Reinhold Hotte, CDU
1996–1999	Klaus Beck, SPD
1999–2004	Ulrich Roenigh, CDU
2004–2009	Dr. Dietrich Meendermann, CDU
since 2010	Wolfgang Pieper, BUENDNIS 90/DIE GRUENEN

Population trend

Year Inhabitants 1818 4437 1843 5166 1871 5360 1890 6109 1905 6692 1913 7006 1915 7260 1917 7275 1919 7483 1921 7719 1924 8174 1925 8250 1926 8473

Year Inhabitants 1927 8445 1933 8727 May 17, 1939 9698 1944 10923 1945 11979 1946 12989 1947 13707 1948 13736 1949 13852 1950 13692 1951 13576 1952 13477 1953 13432

Year Inhabitants 1954 13392 1956 13383 June 6, 1961 13767 1962 14379 1963 14810 1964 15068 1965 15414 1966 15694 1967 15883 1968 16005 1969 16197 1970 ¹ 15826 1971 16019

Year Inhabitants 1972 16760 1973 16968 1974 17269 1975 15122 1976 15365 1977 15377 1978 15589 1979 15780 1980 16254 1981 16388 1982 16515 1983 16576 1984 16613

Year Inhabitants 1985 16664 1986 16534 1987 16555 1988 16834 1989 16997 1990 17358 1991 17725 1992 18125 1993 18219 1994 18303 1995 18472 1996 18585 1997 18728

Year Inhabitants 1998 18774 1999 18836 2000 18992 2001 19370 2002 19489 2003 19432 2004 19444 1.2.2005 19615 2006  ? 2007  ? 2008  ? 2009  ? 2010  ?

¹ Correction of the updating numbers by the census 1970

External links

• (German) Municipal website