Neuenkirchen, Westphalia - Wikipedia

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Neuenkirchen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Neuenkirchen within Steinfurt district
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Coordinates: 52°14′28″N 7°22′08″E / 52.24111°N 7.36889°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Wilfried Brüning[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	48 km2 (19 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	14,096
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	48485
Dialling codes	05973
Vehicle registration	ST
Website	www.neuenkirchen.de

Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt and noted for its stately homes. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster.

• Wettringen
• Steinfurt
• Emsdetten
• Rheine
• Salzbergen

• St. Arnold [de]
• Offlum
• Sutrum-Harum
• Landersum

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After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure:

• CDU 15 seats
• SPD 5 seats
• Green Party 2 seats
• FDP 1 seats
• UWG 3 seats

• Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse).
• Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price
• Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), American Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher
• August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
• Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer
• André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer

• Official website (in German)