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Esch@gmx.de Westerkappeln@myworld.at

To Manfred Esch some information about myself, also see my home- page Manfred

	builds 800
	Prussian in 1707
	Under French rule , from 1806-1813
	Amalgamated (city rights )in 1723
	Lost city rights on October 1, 1939, a community was created.

Integrated into the county of Steinfurt on January 1, 1975.

	Population in 1998: 11000.
	Great fire of 1779.

	Westerkappeln has today approx. 11000 inhabitants
	Sitze quantity ca.86 km/2
	postal zip code 49492
	Area code: 05404
	Industry: Cake factory, meat processing, steel and mechanical engineering, Ceramic Industry, galvanizing factory, wholesale, retail trade and transportation enterprises.

	Partner- City:Bathmen(NL):Bathmen(NL) see link Bathmen
	Autobahn connections via: A30 and A1, exit Westerkappeln. Railway/Bus:Bus connection to Muenster or Osnabrueck...card

Schools: Primary school city (05404-1573), Primary school Handarpe(05456-1014), Hauptschule (05404 3188), Realschule (05404-3378).

The community of Westerkappeln is situated among rolling hills between the

foothills of the Wiehengebirge and the Teutoburger forest. The boundaries of

the municipality Westerkappeln connect to the state of Lower Saxony and the

city of Osnabrueck on the east and to the town of Mettingen in the west,

flanked by Ibbenbueren, Tecklenburg and Lotte in the south. Autobahn access

on the south is the "Hansa-Line" (A-30) connecting Amsterdam and Berlin.

Access on the east side the (A-1) connecting Bremen and Dortmund.

The community combines the town center and the farming-hamlets of Hambueren

Harndarpe, Duete, Metten, Sennlich and Seeste, as well as Oster - and Westerbeck.

Evangelical church, of romanic/ gothic structure, built 12th. and 13th. century.,

Catholic church, St. Margaretha, built in 1982

	Castle with moat: Haus-Cappeln, build in 1200 and 1300 AD. Centure seat of the knights and free count von Cappeln. Main structure built in 1350 AD.
	house long-builds 1350
	house Velpe
	tractor museum approximately 30 historical tractors
	sloopsteine - Ancient burial sites: Sloopsteine - a gravesite dating back to (4000-2000)BC.