Beelen is a municipality in the
district of Warendorf, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
,
Germany
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. 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 () of Detmold (region), Detmold and the L ...
and 35 km east of
Münster
Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, 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 ...
.
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
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)
References
External links
Official site
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
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