Neuenkirchen () is a municipality in the
district of Steinfurt, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt and noted for its stately homes. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of
Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt (district), 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 (river), Ems, about north of Münster ...
and 35 km north-west of
Münster
Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, 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 ...
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Geography
Neighbouring places
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Wettringen
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Steinfurt
Steinfurt (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. From –1806, it was the capital of the County of Steinfurt.
Geography
Steinfurt is situated north-west of Münster, North Rhine-Westp ...
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Emsdetten
Emsdetten (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Detten'') is a town in the Steinfurt (district), district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems (river), Ems, approx. south-east of Rhe ...
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Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt (district), 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 (river), Ems, about north of Münster ...
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Salzbergen
Division of the municipality
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Offlum
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Sutrum-Harum
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Landersum
Politics
Town assembly
After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure:
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CDU 15 seats
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SPD 5 seats
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Green Party
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Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
2 seats
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FDP 1 seats
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UWG 3 seats
Sons and daughters of the community
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Johannes Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz (; born 16 May 1950) is a German physicist who, together with K. Alex Müller, discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Life and work
Bednorz was bor ...
(born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse).
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Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price
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Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), American Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher
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August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
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Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer
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André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer
References
External links
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Steinfurt (district)
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