Neuenkirchen, Westphalia
Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster. Geography Neighbouring places * Wettringen * Steinfurt * Emsdetten * Rheine * Salzbergen Division of the municipality * * Offlum * Sutrum-Harum * Landersum Politics Town assembly After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure: * CDU 15 seats * SPD 5 seats * Green Party 2 seats * FDP 1 seats * UWG 3 seats Sons and daughters of the community * Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse). * Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price * Isaac Leeser Isaac Leeser (December 12, 1806 – February 1, 1868) was an American Orthodox ...
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