is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is situated near the junction of the

Mittellandkanal The Mittelland Canal, also known as the Midland Canal, (german: Mittellandkanal, ) is a major canal in central Germany. It forms an important link in the waterway network of that country, providing the principal east-west inland waterway connec ...

and the Dortmund-Ems Canal, approx. 10 km east of

Rheine Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base. Geography Rheine is on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx. west of Osnabrück a ...

. Parts of Hörstel are Riesenbeck, Dreierwalde,

Birgte Birgte is a small village at the north edge of the Teutoburger Wald and is as such part of Riesenbeck which is part of the town Hörstel is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the ju ...

and Bevergern Sports S.C.Hörstel-Arena (Waldstadion) home of S.C.Hörstel 1921 e.V.

Gallery

File:Hörstel, die Friedenskirche Dm39 foto5 2013-09-30 13.26.jpg, Hörstel, church: die Friedenskirche File:Hörstel, katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Antonius Dm129 foto1 2013-09-30 13.35.jpg , Hörstel, church: katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Antonius File:Riesenbeck, Sankt Kalixtus Kirche Dm42 foto13 2013-09-28 14.30.jpg, Riesenbeck, church: Sankt Kalixtus Kirche File:Schloss surenburg.jpg, Surenburg in Riesenbeck

People

Georg Hermes Georg Hermes (22 April 1775, Dreierwalde – 26 May 1831, Bonn) was a German Roman Catholic theologian who advocated a rational approach to theology. During his lifetime, his theology was greatly in vogue in Germany, but declined after the posthu ...

(1775-1835), Roman Catholic theologian *

Clemens Heereman von Zuydwyck Clemens Heereman von Zuydwyck (26 August 1832 in Hörstel/Riesenbeck – 23 March 1903 in Berlin) was a German Centre Party (Germany), Centre Party Member of Parliament, parliamentarian. Life From 1870 to 1903 Heereman von Zuydwyck was a mem ...

(1832-1903), farmer and politician (Zentrum) *

Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck (17 December 1931 in Münster – 26 July 2017 in Riesenbeck-Hörstel) was a German farmer and politician. Life He went to school at Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn. Heereman von Zuydtwyck was member of Christian Demo ...

(1931-2017), farmer, forester and politician (CDU) *

Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe (born 14 August 1946 in Riesenbeck- Hörstel) is a Roman Catholic bishop. Strotmann Hoppe was born in Germany and was ordained to the priesthood in 1973. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdioce ...

(born 1946), Roman-catholic bishop *

Karl-Josef Laumann Karl-Josef Laumann (born 11 July 1957) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2017, he has been the State Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, an office he previously held between ...

(born 1957), politician (CDU) *

Peter Niemeyer Peter Niemeyer (born 22 November 1983) is a German football manager, executive, and former player. He serves as the sporting director of Preußen Münster. During his playing career, he mainly featured as a defensive midfielder, he also operated ...

(born 1983), football player and manager

References

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