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Gronau (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁoːnaʊ] (listen); Westphalian: Gronauwe), officially Gronau (Westf.), is a town in the district of Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Enschede. Documentary evidence of Gronau dates to 1365.

Overview map
Overview map
Gronau
Town
Saint Anthony Church
Location of Gronau within Borken district
HeidenBocholtBorkenHeekGronau
Gronau
Gronau
Coordinates: 52°12′45″N 7°02′30″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictBorken
First mentioned1365
Subdivisions2
Government
  Mayor (201925) Rainer Doetkotte[1] (CDU)
Area
  Total78.63 km2 (30.36 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total48,576
  Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
48599
Dialling codes0 25 62
0 25 65 (Epe)
Vehicle registrationBOR
Websitewww.gronau.de

The city is divided into the districts of Gronau and Epe.


Notable people


The Dutch singer Rania Zeriri lives in Gronau. The Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska grew up here; her father was a tennis coach at the local club. Blaise Nkufo, a Swiss footballer with African roots, former player of the Dutch football club FC Twente, lived in Gronau. Klaus Vogelgesang [de], a German artist, grew up in Gronau.


Born in Gronau



Transport


Gronau can be reached by road via the Autobahn A 30 and A 31, the Dutch Rijksweg 35, the Bundesstraße B 54n. Gronau (Westf) railway station connects Gronau with Enschede in the Netherlands via the Dortmund–Enschede railway and the Münster–Enschede railway. The nearest airports are Münster Osnabrück International Airport and Enschede Airport Twente, although the latter has no scheduled flights.


Twin towns – sister cities


Gronau is twinned with:[3]


References


  1. "Rainer Doetkotte neuer Bürgermeister in Gronau", Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 24 March 2019
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. "Städtepartnerschaften". gronau.de (in German). Gronau. Retrieved 2019-12-02.




На других языках


[de] Gronau (Westf.)

Die Stadt Gronau (Westf.) liegt im westlichen Münsterland im Nordwesten von Nordrhein-Westfalen. Sie ist eine mittlere kreisangehörige Stadt und nach Bocholt die zweitgrößte des Kreises Borken im Regierungsbezirk Münster.
- [en] Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia

[ru] Гронау (Вестфалия)

Гронау (нем. Gronau) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.



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