Beelen is a municipality in the
district of Warendorf, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It is situated approximately 30 km south-west of
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and ...
and 35 km east of
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...
.
Mayors
* 1989–1991: Siegbert Elsing (FWG)
* 1991–1994: Josef Aulenkamp (CDU)
* 1994–1995: Elisabeth Kammann (FWG)
* 1995–1999: Heinrich Schwarzenberg (CDU)
* 1999–2004: Martin Braun (independent)
* 2004–2020: Elisabeth Kammann (FWG)
* since 2020: Rolf Mestekemper
Twin towns
*
Villers-Écalles (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
)
References
External links
Official site
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
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