Velen
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Velen | |
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| Velen Castle Velen Castle | |
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Flag of Velen Flag Coat of arms of Velen Coat of arms | |
Location of Velen
within Borken district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Borken |
| Subdivisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Dagmar Jeske[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.75 km2 (27.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 46342 |
| Dialling codes | 0 28 63 |
| Vehicle registration | AH, BOH, BOR |
| Website | www |
Velen (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːlən]) is a town 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 town received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president. Since August 2012 it is a town. It was arwarded the title "annerkannter Luftkurort" (state-approved climatic health resort) in January of 2023.
Personalities
[edit | edit source]- 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
- Marv Terhoch, son of Velen-born Kurt Terhoch, refugee to Canada in 1939
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Hendrickje Stoffels -
The Humberghaus Dingden, near by Velen, from 1814, home of Kurt's mother Freda (Frieda) Terhoch
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
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