Metelen is a municipality 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 located on the

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Vechte The Vechte () (in German and in Low Saxon (Dutch Low Saxon pronunciation: ̯ɛxtəThe places near the Vechte in the County of Bentheim have the same pronunciation or Vecht (in Dutch) (), often called Overijsselse Vecht () in the Netherlands to a ...

in the district of Steinfurt.

Metelen Land station Metelen Land station is located in Metelen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Münster–Enschede railway. The station is operated by the Metelen Land Railway Museum. The station was opened by the Royal Westphalian Railway Compa ...

is located on the

Münster–Enschede railway The Münster–Enschede railway is a 64 km long, continuous single-track and non-electrified branch line from Münster Hauptbahnhof, Münster via Gronau (Westf) railway station, Gronau in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to Enschede ...

and has an hourly train service to

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

in one direction and to

Enschede Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...

in the other direction.

History

The town history dates back to 889 AD, when it was first mentioned in an official document. It is most well known for being the former hometown of Canada's famous Moddemann family. Eisenbahnmuseum Metelen

Notable places

Metelen is known for its aviary and, as the whole Münsterland region, as a great cycling area.

People from Metelen

* Arnold Kock (1822–1879), businessman *

Anne Daubenspeck-Focke Anne Daubenspeck-Focke ( Focke, 18 April 1922 – 27 January 2021) was a German sculptor and painter. Biography Anne Focke was born in Metelen in April 1922 as the daughter of Andreas Focke and Elisabeth Wensing, but grew up in Emsdetten. Alrea ...

(born 1922), sculptor *

Hermann Focke Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Mis ...

(born 1924), sculptor and painter *

Hans Tietmeyer Hans Tietmeyer (18 August 1931 – 27 December 2016) was a German economist and regarded as one of the foremost experts on international financial matters. He was president of Deutsche Bundesbank from 1993 until 1999 and remained afterwards one o ...

(1931–2016), economist *

Klemens Tietmeyer Klemens is a masculine given name derived from Clemens. It may refer to the following people: * Klemens of Brzeźnica (died 1241), Polish nobleman, Voivode of Opole and Castellan of Kraków * Klemens Janicki (1516–1543), Polish poet * Klemens v ...

(1937–1993), table tennis player *

Elisabeth Tietmeyer Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...

(born 1960), ethnologin *

Rolf Morrien Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. A ...

(born 1972), author

References

External links

* Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Steinfurt (district) {{Steinfurt-geo-stub