Velen
Velen | |
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 Velen Castle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Velen within Borken district  | |
  Velen  Velen | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′38″N 06°59′23″E / 51.89389°N 6.98972°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Borken |
| Subdivisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dr. Christian Schulze Pellengahr |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70.52 km2 (27.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,381 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 46342 |
| Dialling codes | 0 28 63 |
| Vehicle registration | BOR |
| Website | www.velen.de |
Velen is a municipality 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 city received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president. Since August 2012 it is a town.
Personalities
- 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
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