Neighboring Communities

Telgte borders the cities Münster, Geven, Ostbevern, Warendorf, and Everswinkel.

City Districts

Telgte divides into the main city and two districts, Westbevern-Dorf and Westbevern-Vadrup.

Until 1974, Westbevern (population: about 4000; area of 24,46 km²) was an independent town, with Dorf, Vadrup, and Brock as its districts. Since the reform of the municipal area reform, Brock has been a part of the neighboring town Ostbevern. The Bever runs as a tributary to the Ems through Westbevern. With its double-mill at the Bever, Haus Langen is a popular destination for tourists. For a couple of years, the neo-gothic church St Cornelius and Cyprian was a part of the parish community St. Marien (Telgte and Westbevern.)

Museums

• Under the name RELíGIO - Westphalian Museum for Religious Culture, the former Museum Heimathaus Münsterland and the Crib Museum were brought together with a common concept. The name has existed since 2011, and the new conception of the museum dates back to 2012. The RELíGIO museum is the first religious museum in Germany to present world religions, denominations and denominational differences, religious festivals, the history of the Telgter pilgrimage, the life and work of Cardinal von Galens, and the important Telgter famine cloth from 1623, on more than 1000 square meters.

Kreuzweg am Emsufer^[4]

• The Corn Distillery Museum is a historic building that provides a detailed insight into the history of the corn distillery in Münster. The building was constructed in 1900, and production continued until 1979. The technical system is still almost completely preserved. A gallery on the second floor offers space for exhibitions of contemporary art.

Buildings

→ Main article: List of monuments in Telgte

• The pilgrimage chapel, a Marian chapel, is a baroque, octagonal central building from around 1650. The destination of the pilgrimages is the Telgter Gnadenbild, a Pietà (sculpture of Mary with the Fire rider at the Medieval Spectaculum the corpse of Jesus) in this chapel. According to legend, it is said to have been carved from the Marienlinde (an old city gate tree).
• The Propsteikirche St. Clemens, built between 1522 and 1558, is a Gothic hall church. It lies on the Ems and near the pilgrimage chapel.
• Christoph-Bernsmeyer-Haus: North of the Propsteikirche there is a striking building, the so-called Große Mühle, directly on the Emswehr. There was a mill in Telgte very early on. On the left bank of the Ems behind the church was the large grain mill (today's Christoph-Bernsmeyer-Haus), on the right bank there was the oil and fulling mill, which was demolished around 1900. The large, well-decorated coat of arms on the gable of the Great Mill contains a chronogram with the year 1754 in the first two lines. The Westphalian Baroque master builder Johann Conrad Schlaun was involved in the planning of the renovation work.
• This former grain mill was thoroughly renovated in 1976/77 and taken over by the Mauritzer Franciscan nuns, whose founder Father Johann Christoph Bernsmeyer (1777-1858) was the vicar in Telgte for a long time and therefore gave the house its name. The building was a convalescent home for Franciscan sisters until 2014 and today houses a priory of the Maria Stella Matutina Sisters' Community, a contemplative religious community.
• Emsstraße 25, a half-timbered building, built around 1600
• Herrenstrasse 7, a half-timbered building from the second half of the 17th century, originally built as a vicarage house
• Königstraße 35, a one-story half-timbered building erected in 1500, has been rebuilt several times
• Markt 4, brick eaves house from 1778
• Ritterstraße 2, a one-story half-timbered building with a gable projecting twice over rope band cleats, erected around 1600
• Ritterstraße 4, The one-story half-timbered building, whose gable protrudes twice over Knaggen, was erected in 1625
• Steinstraße 4, warehouse, built around 1500

Tree Monument

Marienlinde at the Münstertor^[5]

International relations

Telgte is twinned with:

• Polanica-Zdrój, Poland
• Stupino, Russia
• Tomball, United States

Mayors since 1946

Notable people

• Josef Koch (1895-1983), medical practitioner
• Alfons Lütke-Westhues (1930-2004), Show Jumper, Olympic Gold Medalist
• August Lütke-Westhues (1926-2000), Eventing Rider, Olympic Silver Medalist
• August Winkhaus, Manufacturer, Founder of Aug. Winkhaus GmbH & Co. KG
• Eduard Böhmer (1829–1872), Deputy of German Parliament
• Salomon Lefmann (1831–1912), Philologist
• Ludwig Brefeld (1837–1907), Politician
• Oscar Brefeld (1839–1925), Botanist and Mycologist
• Louis Aronstein (1841–1913), Chemist
• Alfons Lütke-Westhues (1930–2004), Show Jumper
• Peter Janssens (1934–1998), Musician, Composer
• Ludwig Rotthowe (1937–2017), Railway Photographer
• Philipp R. Hömberg (1939–2001), Prehistorian and Monument Conservationist
• Falk Dörr, born 1941, Soccer Player (Preußen Münster)
• Harald Norpoth, born 1942, long-distance runner
• Erwin Kostedde, born 1946, Soccer Player
• Johannes Bellmann, born 1965, Educational scientist and professor at the University of Münster
• Markus Berges, born 1966, Singer, Songwriter and Writer
• Ulrich Schäfer, born 1967, Business Journalist
• Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, born 1974, Hockey Player
• André Großfeld, born 1977, Cook, awarded with a Michelin Guide star
• Malte Spitz, born 1984, Politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
• Sophie Kleinherne, born 2000, Soccer Player

Sons and daughters of the town

• Salomon Lefmann (1831-1912), philologist
• Alfons Lütke-Westhues (1930-2004), jumping rider, winner of the Olympic Team Gold Medal 1956
• Harald Norpoth (born 1942), long distance runner and Olympic Silver Medal Winner (1964)
• Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 1974), hockey player
• Malte Spitz (born 1984), politician (Alliance '90/The Greens)