Steinfurt
Sign in to saveSteinfurt (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. From –1806, it was the capital of the County of Steinfurt.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Steinfurt
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Steinfurt.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Steinfurt COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- 20140720 122639 Schloss Burgsteinfurt, Steinfurt (DSC04864 crop).jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Burgsteinfurt Castle
- German location.image_plan
- Steinfurt in ST.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Münster
- German location.district
- Steinfurt
- German location.elevation
- 65
- German location.area
- 111.67
- German location.postal_code
- 48565
- German location.area_code
- 02551 (Burgsteinfurt), 02552 (Borghorst)
- German location.licence
- ST, BF, TE
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 5 66 084
- German location.website
- www.steinfurt.de
- German location.mayor
- Claudia Bögel-Hoyer
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- Geography
- Neighbouring municipalities
- City division
- History
- Historical monuments
- Education
- Transport
- Train
- Buses
- Bicycle
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Steinfurt (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. From –1806, it was the capital of the County of Steinfurt.
==Geography== Steinfurt is situated north-west of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia. Its name, roughly meaning “stony ford”, came into being in 1975 when the two hitherto independent towns Borghorst and Burgsteinfurt amalgamated. Borghorst became a prosperous city due to its flourishing textile industry, whereas Burgsteinfurt has always rather been characterized by culture and administration. Tourists of the 19th century passing Burgsteinfurt praised the city as the "Paradise of Westphalia" and "Royal Diamond" (Königsdiamant) because of its 75 monumental buildings and moated castle.