- Telgte
Infobox German Location
Name = Telgte
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Telgte Ems.jpg
imagesize = 300px
image_caption = Old Town and River Ems
Wappen = WappenTelgte.gif
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 58 |lat_sec = 55
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 47 |lon_sec = 08
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Münster
Kreis = Warendorf
Höhe = 54
Fläche = 90.6
Einwohner = 19522
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 48291
Vorwahl = 02504
Kfz = WAF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 70 044
Straße = Baßfeld 4-6
Website = [http://www.telgte.de/ www.telgte.de]
Bürgermeister = Dietrich Meendermann
Partei = CDUTelgte is a
town in the Warendorf district,North Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany . It is situated on the river Ems, 10 km east ofMünster , and 15 km west ofWarendorf .History
Telgte received
town privileges in 1238. It developed at a fork of largertrade routes to theNorth Sea andBaltic Sea , at a ford across the river Ems. 1469 Telgte is mentioned as member of theHanseatic League .Prince-Bishop Franz von Waldeck ofMünster was granted asylum in Telgte during theMünster Rebellion of theAnabaptists in the 1530s.Culture
Telgte is famous for the annual
Telgte Pilgrimage , the second largestpilgrimage in Germany. Dedicated to theBlessed Virgin Mary and beginning inOsnabrück , the summertime pilgrimage regularly consists of 8,000pilgrim s. Approximately 40,000 pilgrims visit Telgte annually. Telgte is also known for its Nativity Museum ("Krippenmuseum") and itsfair ("Mariä-Geburts-Markt").Nobel-winner
Günter Grass 's story "The Meeting in Telgte " ("Das Treffen in Telgte") is set in Telgte during the negotiations of thePeace of Westphalia which ended theThirty Years' War .Politics
The city of Telgte consists of three quarters: Telgte,
Westbevern andWestbevern Vadrup . Until the 1970s Westbevern was an independently administered village which consisted of Vadrup and Brock (Brock was incorporated intoOstbevern in a communal reform). Through Westbevern flows the river Bever, a tributary of the Ems. An attractive touristic tourist destinataion is "Haus Langen", with a former double mill at the Bever.Twin tows
Telgte is twinned with three cities:
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*Mayors since 1946
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¹ Correction of the updating numbers by the census 1970External links
*de icon [http://www.telgte.de/ Municipal website]
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