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Dülmen
Music school in Dülmen
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Coesfeld
Town subdivisions	7
Mayor	Jan Dirk Püttmann (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	184.49 km² (71.2 sq mi)
Elevation	46 - 150 m
Population	47,432 (31/12/2006)
- Density	257 /km² (666 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	COE
Postal code	48249
Area codes	02594 (some districts differ)
Website	www.duelmen.de Coordinates: 51°49′51″N 7°16′42″E / 51.83083, 7.27833

Dülmen is a municipality in the district Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Twin towns
4 Transportation
5 Notable persons
6 External links

Geography

Dülmen is situated in the south part of the Münsterland area, between the Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge hills to the north and the Ems river to the east. South of Dülmen the Ruhr area is located.

Neighbouring municipalities

Division

After the local government reforms of 1975 Dülmen consists of the 7 subdivisions:

Dülmen
Kirchspiel
Buldern
Hausdülmen
Hiddingsel [1] - population: 1,753 (as of October 31, 2004)
Merfeld - population: 2,048 (as of April 30, 2005)
Rorup - population: 2,375 (as of 2004)

Merfeld was founded in 890. It became a part of Dülmen in 1975. The area is rural and has some forests and is an agricultural area. Tourism is very popular in Merfeld. Rorup was founded in 1050 and became a district in 1974 except for the villags Coesfeld-Lette and Darup. The music school in Duelmen (photo) was built in 1989. Now there is a big supermarket.

Area 4

Field	82.33 km²
Garden	1.22 km²
Grassland	46.28 km²
Forests	26.67 km²
Water	2.64 km²
Heath	0.02 km²
Unused land	0.42 km²
Not land	0.09 km²
Yard surfaces	13.31 km²
Roads Highways and squares	8.83 km²
Other	2.68 km²
Total	184.49 km²

History

The place was first mentioned ad Dulmenni in 889. The city began using the present name on April 11, 1131. The city belonged to the House of Croÿ at the time they were mediatized in 1806. 90% of the city was destroyed in World War II. After the War, the city was rebuilt. In 1973, the population reached 20,000. In 1975, Rorup, Merfeld, Hiddingsel, Buldern, Hausdülmen and Kirchspiel Dülmen became part of Dülmen.