Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster.
Geography
Neighbouring places
Wettringen
Steinfurt
Emsdetten
Rheine
Salzbergen
Division of the municipality
Offlum
Sutrum-Harum
Landersum
Politics
Town assembly
After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure: CDU 15 seats SPD 5 seats Green Party 2 seats FDP 1 seats UWG 3 seats
Sons and daughters of the community
Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse). Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), American Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer
References
External links
Steinfurt (district)