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Gütersloh () is a town in
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, Germany, in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 people.


Geography

Gütersloh lies in the Emssandebene, south-west of the
Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest ( ; ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed the ''Teutoburg Forest'' ...
and on the north-eastern edge of the Westphalian Basin and has no significant points of elevation. The town's lowest point is
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on the river Ems near the Princess Royal Barracks and the highest point is
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in the eastern township of Friedrichsdorf. The border to
Rheda-Wiedenbrück Rheda-Wiedenbrück (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Raie-Wienbrügge'') is a city in the Gütersloh (district), district of Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography The twin community lies within the valley of the river E ...
extends as part of the Rhedaer Forest, a large wooded area with predominantly conifers. The river Dalke flows through the town from east to west, crossing close to the Stadt Park as well as the town centre and river Ems. Gütersloh railway station is on the Hamm–Minden line.


History

The then-official district of Gütersloh included the town of the same name. It also included seven other municipalities: Avenwedde, Ebbesloh, Friedrichsdorf, Hollen, Isselhorst, Niehorst and Spexard; which existed until 1969 and were incorporated as part of the 1969 North Rhine-Westphalian municipal reform. Currently, all of them are now municipal sub-division units within Gütersloh's borders.


Politics


Mayor

Since 1 December 2024, the mayor of Gütersloh has been Matthias Trepper (SPD). He received 61.51% of the votes in a run-off election against the CDU candidate Henning Matthes. The previous mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a run-off held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate ! rowspan=2, Party ! colspan=2, First round ! colspan=2, Second round , - ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Henning Schulz , align=left, Christian Democratic Union , 13,772 , 36.1 , 12,761 , 42.1 , - , , align=left, Norbert Morkes , align=left, Citizens for Gütersloh , 9,580 , 25.1 , 17,521 , 57.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Gitte Trostmann , align=left,
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, 8,124 , 21.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Volker Richter , align=left,
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, 5,836 , 15.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Manfred Reese , align=left, The Left , 811 , 2.1 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 38,123 ! 98.8 ! 30,282 ! 98.6 , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 499 ! 1.3 ! 431 ! 1.4 , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 38,622 ! 100.0 ! 30,713 ! 100.0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,552 ! 48.0 ! 80,540 ! 38.1 , - , colspan=7, Source: Town of Gütersloh
1st round


City council

The Gütersloh town council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent town council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 11,521 , 30.3 , 8.1 , 17 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,
Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...
(Grüne) , 9,379 , 24.7 , 13.3 , 14 , 8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...
(SPD) , 7,370 , 19.4 , 8.7 , 11 , 4 , - , , align=left, Citizens for Gütersloh (BfGT) , 4,955 , 13.0 , 2.0 , 7 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,
Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...
(AfD) , 1,757 , 4.6 , New , 3 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 1,227 , 2.2 , 0.4 , 2 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left () , 986 , 2.6 , 2.2 , 1 , 1 , - , , align=left, Independent Voters' Association (UWG) , 849 , 2.2 , 0.6 , 1 , 1 , - ! colspan=2, Valid votes ! 38,055 ! 98.7 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Invalid votes ! 510 ! 1.3 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Total ! 38,565 ! 100.0 ! ! 56 ! 4 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,555 ! 47.9 ! 2.5 ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source
City of Gütersloh


Major industries

Gütersloh is an industrial town; inside the
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is the town centre, which contains a variety of shops and department stores. Gütersloh is best known for
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(a media company with 11,300 workers in the district) and Miele (an appliance manufacturer with 5,000 workers). There are 5,000 other small and medium enterprises in Gütersloh. Those companies have 46,000 workers. The most important areas are: * media:
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* software: Reply Deutschland * metal working: Miele, Westaflex, Hermann-Sewerin. * food: Mestemacher (baked goods, Pumpernickel), Campina GmbH (Dairy),
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, Vogt & Wolf (meat, sausages), Gehring-Bunte (drinks)


Recreational amenities

Gütersloh has four parks: The
Stadtpark und Botanischer Garten Gütersloh The Stadtpark und Botanischer Garten Gütersloh (15.5 hectares) is a municipal park with botanical garden (3 hectares) located at Parkstraße, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a member of the European Garden Heritage Network a ...
contains a duck pond, a
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, and many paths bordered by mature trees. It was built 1908–09 next to the river Dalke. The Mohns Park contains a paddling pool, an adventure playground area, a minigolf area, some sports fields and a hockey field can be used for ice hockey too. Since 1949 there is an
amphitheater An amphitheatre ( U.S. English: amphitheater) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ('), meaning "place for vie ...
with 1,100 seats. The name comes from the owner, Frederike Mohn, from whom the town bought the park in 1937. There is also the small Riegerpark (named after the Rieger nursery) and the park of the LWL-clinic (built 1911–14, with many listed buildings and a small deer park). Swimmers are accommodated amply in Gütersloh with no fewer than four pools, both indoor and outdoor, the large outdoor pool has an Olympic-size pool, diving boards and sunbathing space, while the original indoor pool has the usual
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and
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rooms. The Stadtmuseum Gütersloh (Gütersloh Town Museum) features exhibits on Gütersloh's local history as well as the history of medicine and industry.


Regular events

In the second half of March, the ''Gütersloher Frühling'' (Gütersloh's Spring) is a festive celebration of springtime
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. Local garden centers, nurseries and flower shops present their savvy. During the ''langenachtderkunst'' ("long night of the arts") in May or June, museums and art galleries have longer opening hours, and the ''Straßenzauber'' ("street magic"), where you can see
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s and all types of new cars. On
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, there is a wine festival while at the market place is the Pentecost funfair. Over the whole summer there are many concerts shown on the open air stage in the Mohns Park. In the ''Radrennen über Wasser'' (Bikerace over the Water), bikers have to drive over a course of planks over a boating pond without falling in the water. At „Gütersloh für Genießer" ("Gütersloh for gourmets"), many restaurants present
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open air. At "Gütersloh International", many foreign musicians and folk dancers present a mixed program in front of the municipal hall. In August bands and stand-up comedians show their program for free on the Dreiecksplatz. At the end of September begins the Michaelis-funfair. Every two years there is also a pageant where many clubs present themselves. In October, there is ''Schinkenmarkt'' ("ham market"), where you can buy
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not just from Westphalia. Traditionally the year ends with a
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on the Berliner Platz. There are many Schützenvereine, Gütersloher Schützengesellschaft exists since 1832. There are always many Easter fires on Easter Saturday.


Sports

In 2006 there were 95 clubs with 25,000 members in Gütersloh. There are 24 sports fields and 39 sports halls (arenas and gyms), of which 11 are bigger than 22 × 45 meters. There are also three open-air baths and two indoor swimming pools.


Football

The oldest Westphalian football club, the Gymnasial-Spielverein Gütersloh, was founded in 1878 at the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium. FC Gütersloh 2000 (FCG) had a spell in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga from 1996 to 1999 before being relegated and dissolved by a court due to an overwhelming debt of 7 million DM. The club was re-established in 2000. The women's team plays as FSV Gütersloh 2009 in the 2. Bundesliga while the men's team plays in the
Oberliga Westfalen The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. W ...
, the fifth league. The FSV Gütersloh 2009 organizes the Gütersloher Hallenmasters, Germany's biggest international cup for U17-teams. There is also the Strenge-Cup, one of the biggest cups in Ostwestfalen-Lippe for teenagers. A great event in the history of Gütersloh was the
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. Being an official training area, the Heidewaldstadion was used three times by the
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. Up to 5,000 fans came to watch the games on the biggest video screen in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in front of the town hall. Gütersloh was one of the very few towns in Germany where the FIFA World Cup Trophy was shown. Many people also had a job-related connection to the World Cup, because many articles like books, magazines or posters were produced in Gütersloh by
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.


Twin towns – sister cities

Gütersloh is twinned with: * Broxtowe, England, United Kingdom (1978) *
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, France (1977) *
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, Sweden (1994) *
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, Poland (1989) *
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, Russia (2009)


Military

During World War One there was a prisoner of war camp at Gütersloh which included British army prisoners from the capture of Ecoust in France.


RAF Gütersloh

A
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station in Gütersloh was home of RAF Squadrons 2 and 4, which flew
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photo reconnaissance aircraft, then 19 and 92 Sqn, which flew Lightnings, and later 3 and 4, which flew the distinctive VSTOL Harrier. They were supported by 18 Squadron operating Chinook Helicopters and 230 Squadron, which flew Puma Helicopters. There were also personnel at the station from the
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who provided
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ground to air missile support. It was the most easterly of Nato's airbases during the
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. The station was originally built for the
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who flew
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bombers from the station and the
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was extended during this period using the labour of Soviet prisoners of war, a memorial to whom now stands near Junkers Farm, a farm building that was later used as a
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hut within the station's perimeter fence. The farm building is now condemned, and the scouts use a larger building on Mansergh Barracks instead, but the scouts still use the area near the building during the summer, and the memorial is still mentioned on camps. RAF Gütersloh closed in 1993.


Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh

The
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took over RAF Gütersloh in 1993 and renamed it Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh. It housed regiments of the
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, Army Air Corps and 114 Provost Company, Royal Military Police.


Mansergh Barracks, Gütersloh

There was a second barracks in Gütersloh is called Mansergh Barracks, which was on the opposite side of town to the main camp. Mansergh Barracks was on the Verler Strasse near Spexard, it held a British secondary school called King's School and a primary school called Haig School for the armed forces. Mansergh Barracks was home to 40 Field Regiment, then 47 Field Regiment and finally, 26th Regiment Royal Artillery. During the time of the RAF base on the opposite side of town, there was also 10 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (Harrier Support Squadron) and one Royal Army Ordnance Corps company which changed its name from 1 OFP to 1CTOC and finally 61 Ordnance Company. The Royal Engineers left when the Harrier Squadrons left Gutersloh and 61 Ordnance Company was amalgamated into the Royal Logistics Corps in 1993. The last British soldiers left Gütersloh in September 2019.


Notable people

* Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846), anatomist, naturalist, proponent of
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* Carl Bertelsmann (1791–1850), businessman, publisher, founder of
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* Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833–1910), pathologist * Adolph Louis Luetgert (1845–1899), Chicago businessman, infamous in the United States * Theodor Rumpel (1862–1923), surgeon who described the Rumpel-Leede sign * Carl Miele (1869–1938), businessman, co-founder of Miele * Ludwig Müller (1883–1945), theologian, leader of the German Christians movement * Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann (1911–1995), SS-officer * Hubert Schiffer (1915–1982), survivor of the atomic bomb "
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" in
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* Reinhard Mohn (1921–2009), owner of
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* Lore Zech (1923—2013), geneticist and cytogeneticist *
Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large List of compositions by Hans Werner Henze, oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky, Mu ...
(1926–2012), composer * Kurt-Christian Stier (1926–2016), violinist and concertmaster * Rudolf Miele (1929–2004), entrepreneur, acting partner in Miele, and grandson of the founder Carl Miele * Holger Bertrand Flöttmann (born 1946), neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist * Monika Heinold (born 1958), politician * Diana Amft (born 1975), film and television actress * Simon Gosejohann (born 1976), comedian, TV presenter and actor * Anna-Maria Zimmermann (born 1988), singer * Alice Weidel (born 1979), politician (AfD) * Engin Baytar (born 1983), professional footballer


Miscellaneous


Assyrians in Gütersloh

In Gütersloh there are approximately 13,000
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, most of whom are
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by religion and identify/are represented under the Syriac-
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label. The town is notable for having a higher concentration of Assyrians compared to other places in the country. In 2010, 100 companies in Gütersloh were run by Assyrians. Stations such as Suryoyo Sat and Assyria TV produce programs from their German stations located in Gütersloh, and the Central Association of Assyrian Associations in Germany and Europe (ZAVD) operates its federal office in the city center. Several football clubs play in local leagues: Tur Abdin Gütersloh, Aramäer Gütersloh, Assyrer Gütersloh, ASC Suryoye Gütersloh, and St. Gabriel Gütersloh.Matthias E. Borner, Detlef Güthenke: Stadtführer Gütersloh (Cityguide Gütersloh). tpk-Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, Additionally, the town has three Syriac Orthodox parishes: St. Lukas, St. Maria, and St. Stephanus.


Gütersloh's nicknames

In local media, "Dalkestadt" is often used. An older nickname is "
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" or "little Nazareth" because the Protestants in the 19th century were very religious. In
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, the city is called ''Gütsel''. The younger inhabitants often call it "G-Town" or (jocularly) ''Lülaloh''. For servicemen based at RAF Guetersloh, it was "Sunny Gutters".


Food and drink

The cuisine in Gütersloh is mostly influenced by the traditional and substantial Westphalian way of cooking. A typical dish would be pumpernickel (a heavy, sweet rye bread), served with Westphalian ham. Also popular is the '' Pickert'', a potato dish made of grated potatoes, flour, milk, eggs, currants and yeast. The recipe dates back to 1900 and it is still served in restaurants today. Regional beverages include the
Steinhäger Steinhäger is a type of German gin, a spirit flavoured with juniper berries. The name is derived from the Westphalian municipality of Steinhagen, the only place where it is permitted to be produced. For centuries, local distilleries sold s ...
gin, made in the nearby community of Steinhagen, the bitter Schroeders ''Boonekamp'' and the special brews created in the Gütersloher brewery.


References


External links

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