Emsdetten

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Emsdetten within Steinfurt district

(2020–25) Oliver Kellner^[1] (Greens)Area

• Total72.06 km² (27.82 sq mi)Elevation

45 m (148 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total36,354 • Density500/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

48282

Dialling codes02572Vehicle registrationST, BF, TEWebsitewww.emsdetten.de

Emsdetten (German pronunciation: [ɛmsˈdɛtn̩] ^ⓘ; Westphalian: Detten) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems, approx. 13 kilometres (8 miles) south-east of Rheine and 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Münster.

Neighbouring places

Rheine
Hörstel
Saerbeck
Greven
Nordwalde
Steinfurt
Neuenkirchen

Division of the town

Emsdetten consists of 8 districts:

Emsdetten
Ahlintel
Austum
Hembergen
Hollingen
Isendorf
Sinningen
Westum

2006 school shooting

On 20 November 2006, 18-year-old former student Bastian Bosse entered the Geschwister Scholl School, fired several shots and set off smoke grenades. He injured 22 people before killing himself by a shot into the mouth. Even though there were no other fatalities, the shooting was considered the deadliest school shooting in the history of Germany since the Erfurt massacre; this position is now held by the Winnenden school shooting.

Twin towns – sister cities

Emsdetten is twinned with:^[3]

Chojnice, Poland
Hengelo, Netherlands

Notable people

Walt Tkaczuk (born 1947), ice hockey player, first German born player in the National Hockey League
Kathrin Vogler (born 1963), politician, MdB
Atze Schröder (born 1965), comedian
Norbert Krüler (born 1957), musician
Valerie Niehaus (born 1974), actress
Christina Schulze-Föcking (born 1976), politician, MdL NRW
Tim Wieskötter (born 1979), sprint canoeist, Olympic winner
Lutz Altepost (born 1981), sprint canoeist, Olympic medalist and world champion
Benjamin Behrla (born 1985), judoka
Sebastian Sebastian Bosse (29 April 1988 – 20 November 2006) Perpetrator of the Emsdetten Emsdetten school shooting

Gallery

Villa Schaub
August Holländer Museum
The Town Museum
The concert hall (Emslandhalle)
The art gallery
A museum dedicated to tools
Emsdetten's Urban Park

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Partnerstädte". emsdetten.de (in German). Emsdetten. Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-11-30.