Velen
Velen is a municipality in the district Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with about 12,000 citizens. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and Ramsdorf and the four rural regions Ostendorf-Krueckling, Bleking-Holthausen, Nordvelen and Waldvelen. In 2003 the city received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president. Since August 2012 it is a town.
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Coordinates: 51°53′38″N 06°59′23″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Borken |
Subdivisions | 6 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dr. Christian Schulze Pellengahr |
Area | |
• Total | 70.52 km2 (27.23 sq mi) |
Elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 13,130 |
• Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 46342 |
Dialling codes | 0 28 63 |
Vehicle registration | BOR |
Website | www.velen.de |
Personalities
Hendrickje Stoffels
- Hendrickje Stoffels (1626-1663), partner of the Dutch Baroque painter Rembrandt
- Ludwig Averkamp (1927-2013), Archbishop of Hamburg
- Klaus Balkenhol (born 1939), German dressage rider
- Georg Veit (born 1956), writer
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References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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