Borken (district)

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Borken

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State:	North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital:	Borken } } |- | Area:||1,417.83 km² |- | Inhabitants:||362,834 (2002) |- | pop. density:||256 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||BOR |- | Homepage:||http://www.kreis-borken.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Borken is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bentheim, Steinfurt, Coesfeld, Recklinghausen, Wesel, Cleves, and the Dutch provinces Gelderland and Overijssel. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History During the era of the Holy Roman Empire the area was subordinate to the bishopric of Münster for centuries. In 1803 the bishops lost this territory, and the short-lived principality of Salm was founded. After the Napoleonic Wars the region became a part of the Prussian province of Westphalia in 1815. At that time the district was created, together with the district Ahaus. In 1923 the city Bocholt left the district and became a district-free city. In 1975 the district got its current size by incorporating the district Ahaus, the city Bocholt and small parts of the districts Rees, Recklinghausen and Coesfeld. Geography The district is located in the western part of the Münsterland, a rather flat and rural area. Coat of arms The colors of the coat of arms were chosed to be the same as those of Münster, the long-time owner of the region. The three white anchors in the middle derive from the coat of arms of the Herrschaft Anholt. It's depicted three times to show the three main parts the district was created from - the old district Borken, the district Ahaus and the city Bocholt. Towns and municipalities Towns Municipalities Ahaus Bocholt Borken Gescher Gronau Isselburg Rhede Stadtlohn Vreden Heek Heiden Legden Raesfeld Reken Schöppingen Südlohn Velen External links [Official Website] (German) Cities and Districts in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Cities Aachen | Bergisch Gladbach | Bielefeld | Bochum | Bonn | Bottrop | Dortmund | Duisburg | Düsseldorf | Essen | Gelsenkirchen | Hagen | Hamm | Herne | Köln (Cologne) | Krefeld | Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach | Mülheim | Münster | Oberhausen | Remscheid | Solingen | Wuppertal Districts Aachen | Borken | Kleve (Cleves) | Coesfeld | Düren | Ennepe-Ruhr | Euskirchen | Gütersloh | Heinsberg | Herford | Hochsauerland | Höxter | Lippe | Märkischer Kreis | Mettmann | Minden-Lübbecke | Oberbergischer Kreis | Olpe | Paderborn | Recklinghausen | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | Rhein-Kreis Neuss Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | Siegen-Wittgenstein | Soest | Steinfurt | Unna | Viersen | Warendorf | Wesel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: