Isselburg

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Isselburg within Borken district

(2018–23) Michael Carbanje^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total42.74 km² (16.50 sq mi)Elevation

17 m (56 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total11,208 • Density260/km² (680/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

46419

Dialling codes0 28 74Vehicle registrationBORWebsitewww.isselburg.de

Isselburg (German: [ˈɪsl̩ˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Borken, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Issel, near the border of the Netherlands, and approximately 10 km west of Bocholt.

Division

The present municipality of Isselburg was established in January 1975 by the merger of the former towns Isselburg, Anholt and Werth, and the former municipalities Heelden, Herzebocholt and Vehlingen.^[3]

Local council (Stadtrat)

Elections in May 2014:

SPD: 9 seats (-2)
CDU: 11 seats (+1)
Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats (±0)
FDP: 3 seats (+1)

Mayors

Term of office
1999 - 2004	Margret Koch (SPD)
2004 - 2011	Adolf Radstaak (SPD)
2012 - 2017	Rudolf Geukes (SPD)
since 2018	Michael Carbanje (none)

Church at Anholt

St. Pankratius at Anholt (built 1851 – 1862)

Church St. Pankratius at Anholt (Isselburg)
St. Pankraz in the Romanesque (revival) style

Gallery

Werth, former town hall
Anholt, Ratskeller, former town hall
Anholt, church: Friedenskirche
Isselburg, Ständebaum decorated as a maypole

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Stadt Isselburg 14.01.2018, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 20 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.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Isselburg, December 2014.