- Beckum, Germany
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Beckum Coordinates 51°45′18″N 8°02′25″E / 51.755°N 8.04028°ECoordinates: 51°45′18″N 8°02′25″E / 51.755°N 8.04028°E Administration Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Admin. region Münster District Warendorf Town subdivisions 4 Mayor Karl-Uwe Strothmann (CDU) Basic statistics Area 39 km2 (15 sq mi) Elevation 1 m (3 ft) Population 36,736 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 942 /km2 (2,440 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WAF Postal code 59269 Area codes 02521 (Beckum, Roland, Vellern)
02525 (Neubeckum)Website www.beckum.de Beckum is a town in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km north-east of Hamm and 35 km south-east of Münster. It gives its name to the surrounding Beckum Hills.
Economy
The economy of Beckum includes global cement and cement factory systems manufacturer Polysius AG, a subsidiary company of ThyssenKrupp Technologies (of Essen and Duisburg).
Famous people
- Uri Avnery, born in 1923, later an Israeli Knesset member
- Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking, 1952-08-28 born, former chairman of Porsche
Ahlen | Beckum | Beelen | Drensteinfurt | Ennigerloh | Everswinkel | Oelde | Ostbevern | Sassenberg | Sendenhorst | Telgte | Wadersloh | WarendorfReferences
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
Categories:- Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- North Rhine-Westphalia geography stubs
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