Horstmar is a German town, located in
North Rhine-Westphalia in the
Steinfurt district
Steinfurt () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bentheim, Emsland, district-free Osnabrück and the Osnabrück district, Warendorf, district-free Münster, Coesfeld, Bor ...
, approx. north-west of
Münster.
History
Its castle was built as early as the 9th century; the first mention of Horstmar is as early as the early 11th century. The city of Horstmar was built to the south of this castle. During the
Thirty Years' War the castle was destroyed by order of the Hessian lieutenant
Carl von Rabenhaupt
Carl von Rabenhaupt (6 January 1602 – 12 August 1675) was a Bohemian Hussite nobleman who fought in Dutch and Hessian service during the Thirty Years War and came out of retirement to help the Dutch defend Groningen during the Franco-Dutch ...
.
Politics
The city council consists of 22 councillors and the mayor.
People from Horstmar
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Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (1856-1922), German politician
References
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
Steinfurt (district)
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