Tecklenburg

Tecklenburg
Tecklenburg
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Tecklenburg within Steinfurt district
	Tecklenburg Tecklenburg
	Coordinates: 52°13′10″N 7°48′45″E / 52.21944°N 7.81250°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Subdivisions	17
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Stefan Streit (SPD)
Area
• Total	70.37 km2 (27.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation	201 m (659 ft)
Lowest elevation	122 m (400 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,398
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49545
Dialling codes	05482
Vehicle registration	ST, BF, TE
Website	www.tecklenburg.de

Tecklenburg (German: [ˈtɛklənˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its name comes from the ruined castle around which it was built. The town is situated on the Hermannsweg hiking trail.

The coat of arms shows an anchor and three seeblatts.

Geography

It is located in the foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, southwest of Osnabrück.

Division of the town

Tecklenburg consists of 4 districts (with farming communities):

Tecklenburg

Brochterbeck
- Oberdorf
- Niederdorf
- Holthausen
- Wallen-Lienen
- Horstmersch

Ledde
- Danebrock
- Oberbauer
- Wieck

Leeden
- Loose
- Oberberge

Neighbouring municipalities

History

In the 12th century the county of Tecklenburg emerged in the region that is now called the "Tecklenburger Land" in the western foothills of the Teutoburg Forest. From 1263, when the county of Tecklenburg was merged with the neighbouring county of Bentheim, Tecklenburg was ruled by the counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. In 1701, Tecklenburg was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia and subsequently incorporated.^{[citation needed]}

Sights

Today, the town of Tecklenburg is a tourist destination, because of its largely intact medieval townscape. Main sites include the ruined castle (now serving as open-air theatre during the summer) and the Stadtkirche (the main, old church) including tombs of the counts and princes of Tecklenburg-Bentheim, as well as others prominent in the history of the county and city.

Tecklenburg Castle

Tecklenburg Castle is a ruined fortification in Tecklenburg, used today as an outdoor theatre.

The castle was built around 1250. Anna of Tecklenburg-Schwerin made a lot of structural changes. Around 1700, the castle was dilapidated and its brick and stone was used for other buildings in Tecklenburg, leaving nothing but a ruin.^[3]