Stadtlohn

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Stadtlohn
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Stadtlohn
Coordinates: 51°59′33″N06°54′54″E / 51.99250°N 6.91500°E / 51.99250; 6.91500
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
District Borken
Government
   Mayor (202025) Berthold Dittmann [1] (Ind.)
Area
  Total79.06 km2 (30.53 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31) [2]
  Total20,791
  Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
48703
Dialling codes 0 25 63
Vehicle registration BOR
Website www.stadtlohn.de

Stadtlohn (Low German : Stadlaun) is a city in western Münsterland in the northwest of North Rhine-Westphalia, and is a district town of the Borken administrative district. The city had a population of 20,746 inhabitants as of 2020. [3] The River Berkel flows through the city on its way to the Netherlands.

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Geography

Division of the town

Stadtlohn consists of 9 districts:

History

The town was founded as Lohn by Liudger, the first Bishop of Münster about the year 800. About 985 Gescher was split from Lohn, which in turn (1231) split into Südlohn (literally "South-Lohn") and Nordlohn (literally "North-Lohn"). The name Stadtlohn (literally "Town-Lohn") is first mentioned in 1389 after the small town Nordlohn was secured by a moat, a defensive wall and gates and gained the town rights. About 1406 Stadtlohn was burned down by Count Heinrich I of Solms-Ottenstein because he feuded with the bishop of Münster. Bishop Heinrich III of Münster verified its town rights in 1491.

In 1584 Stadtlohn was pillaged by the troops of Duke Ernest of Bavaria and again in 1588 by Dutch soldiers. In 1591 Spanish soldiers attacked the town. For a few months of 1598 Spanish troops were stationed in the town during the Eighty Years' War. In 1611 a serious fire destroyed 225 of 235 houses.

On August 6, 1623 during the Thirty Years' War the Battle of Stadtlohn (German: Schlacht im Lohner Brook) saw Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly's imperial troops victorious over Duke Christian of Brunswick's men. About 6.000 soldiers died that day. In 1742 regular pilgrimages started to a statue of Mary in a small chapel in Stadtlohn from various towns in the Münsterland. The adoration of the Virgin Mary ended in 1886 when the statue was stolen from the Hilgenbergchapel.

In World War II, Stadtlohn was hit by bombs as early as 1940 and 1942, but the damage was limited. In March 1945, however, Stadtlohn was affected by two massive allied airstrikes that destroyed 86% of the town. About 600 inhabitants lost their lives. On March 31, 1945 British forces marched into the town.

Sights

Museums

Sports clubs

Stadtlohn has 2 sports clubs. The SUS Stadtlohn has the most members (approx. 3700 members[ citation needed ]), followed by the DJK Eintracht Stadtlohn.

International relations

Stadtlohn is twinned with:

Notable people

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References

  1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  3. Entwicklung der Einwohnerzahlen, Stadt Stadtlohn, accessed 24 July 2021.