Nordkirchen, Germany
Nordkirchen is a town of 10,231 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Why visit Nordkirchen
Townapedia lists 33 museums and landmarks, 39 parks and trails, 53 places to eat, 8 places to stay and 8 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Hof Balster, Hofladen Böcker, Schloss Nordkirchen and Am Teufelsbach.
Weather in Nordkirchen
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About Nordkirchen
Nordkirchen (German pronunciation: [nɔʁtˈkɪʁçn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter.
From the Wikipedia article Nordkirchen (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do8
La Lando de Alpaca
Farm and orchard · 6.0 km
4 Langenbrock, Nordkirchen
Th 15:00-17:00; "Sowie nach Vereinbarung"
Museums and landmarks33
21 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds39
27 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes53
Restaurant Olympia
Restaurant · Greek · 5.8 km
1 Olfener Straße, Selm
Mo,We-Sa 17:00-23:00; Su 12:00-14:30,17:00-23:00; PH...
Zum Erdbüsken
Restaurant · German · 5.5 km
59 Nordkirchener Straße, Ascheberg
We-Su 11:30-22:00; Mo,Tu off
Bäckerei Röwekamp
Bakery · 5.5 km
4 Grabenkamp, Nordkirchen
Mo-Fr 05:30-18:00; Sa 05:30-17:00; Su 07:30-12:00,14:30-17:00
Kunstwerk Restaurant
Restaurant · Burger · 6.2 km
7 Campus, Selm
Mo-Th 08:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 08:00-01:00; Su 10:00-23:00
Olympia Grill&Pizza
Restaurant · Greek
1 Ludwig-Becker-Platz, Nordkirchen
Mo,We-Sa 11:30-22:00; Tu off; Su 13:00-22:00; PH 13:00-22:00
Plettenberger Hof
Restaurant
28 Schloßstraße, Nordkirchen
Tu-Sa 12:00-24:00; Th 12:00-15:00; Su 12:00-21:00
Gasthaus Suer
Restaurant · Regional · 5.6 km
90 Ludgeristraße, Selm
Tu-Sa 17:00-21:30; Su 12:00-14:30,17:00-21:30; Mo off
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41 more on the map.
Where to stay8
Churches and places of worship11
Shopping19
Gas and EV charging8
Schools, colleges and libraries15
Selma-Lagerlöff-Schule Sekundarschule
School · 5.5 km
16 Südkirchener Straße, Selm
Healthcare5
Map of Nordkirchen
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Getting there and nearby towns
Dortmund Airport (DTM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 25 km away.
- Selm 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
- Olfen 10 km west, about 10 min by car
- Werne 11 km southeast, about 11 min by car
- Waltrop 15 km southwest, about 15 min by car
- Hamm 22 km east, about 22 min by car
- Oer-Erkenschwick 21 km southwest, about 21 min by car
- Dortmund 25 km south, about 25 min by car
- Münster 26 km north, about 26 min by car
- Unna 25 km southeast, about 25 min by car
- Recklinghausen 26 km southwest, about 26 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Nordkirchen-Kapelle-0003, Mbdortmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12386-Nepomuk, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- St. Mauritius Nordkirchen, H.Helmlechner, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12367-Mauritius, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3843, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12370-Mauritius, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen-100415-12373-Schlaun-Cafe, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Wegkreuz Geistweg 2021-04-09 Nordkirchen-0885, Dr. W. Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12375-Mauritius, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen-Schloss-0015, Mbdortmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12374-Portal-Mauritius, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen, Finanzhochschule -- 2014 -- 3842, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12378-Schlaun-Cafe, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen-100415-12379-Schlaun-Cafe, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen Baudenkmal 20 St. Mauritius 5248, Dr. W. Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3844, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ev. Kreuzkirche, Bergstr. Nordkirchen 5254, Dr. W. Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3845, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3845 -- Ausschnitt, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Finanzhochschule -- 2014 -- 3841, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 59394 Nordkirchen, Germany - panoramio (12), Foto Fitti, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3846, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-Schloss-0002, Mbdortmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12388-Nepomuk ShiftN, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nepomuk-Kapelle Schlossstr. 2021-04-09 Nordkirchen-0881, Dr. W. Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Ortsansicht -- 2014 -- 3840, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Baudenkmal 06 Kruzifix Mühlenstraße 18, W.Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-100415-12390-Parkeingang, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen-100814-16567-Schloss, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen-100814-16562-Schlosspark-Tor, Mbdortmund, GFDL 1.2
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3847, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Finanzhochschule -- 2014 -- 3839, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3800, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Schloss Nordkirchen -- 2014 -- 3801, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen, Finanzhochschule -- 2014 -- 3799, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aerial image of Schloss Nordkirchen (view from the southeast), Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lüdinghausen, Gymnasium Canisianum -- 2016 -- 3648, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Selm Friedenskirche, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St. Dionysius Kirche Capelle, Lars Tönning, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nordkirchen-Schloss-0021, Mbdortmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St. Pankratius Südkirchen, Kühlungsborn, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 70 Hedwig Willner, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 70 Helene Schweitzer, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 57 Helmut Pins, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 55 Henny Merländer, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 70 Johanna Pins, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 57 Max Pins, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 70 Norbert Schweitzer, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 70 Robert Pins, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 55 Rosalie Merländer, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stolperstein Lüdinghausen Mühlenstraße 57 Sofia Pins, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Naturschutzgebiet Funneaue Nordkirchen MG 2867, Stefan Thiesen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nordkirchen, Naturschutzgebiet Ichterloh -- 2018 -- 2060-2, Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Naturschutzgebiet Tiergarten COE-037 2024 135823, Gmbo 2013, CC0
- Brücke über den Gorbach, Gmbo 2013, CC0
- Stolperstein Selm Auf der Sagkuhl 10 Margarete Höwische, Tomtom10, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Street-level photo, descilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
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