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Olfen

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Olfen () is a town in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Key facts

German location.type
Town
German location.image_coa
DEU Olfen COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Olfen in COE.svg
German location.state
North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region
Münster
German location.district
Coesfeld
German location.elevation
45 - 80
German location.area
52.43
German location.postal_code
59399
German location.area_code
02595, 02592 (part of Vinnums)
German location.licence
COE/LH
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 5 58 036
German location.website
www.olfen.de
German location.mayor
Wilhelm Sendermann
German location.leader_term
2020–25
German location.party
CDU

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Buildings
  • Politics
  • Notable people
  • Town partnerships
  • References

Olfen () is a town in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

==History== Bishop Wolfhelm, who originated from the Ulfloa Oberhof, gave the small town its name in 889. Wolfhelm was the fourth bishop of "Mimingardeford", today called Münster.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olfen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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