Billerbeck

Billerbeck (Westphalian: Billerbiëk) is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

On 1 July 1969 the town's surrounding areas: Alstätte, Bockelsdorf, Bombeck, Dörholt, Gantweg, Gerleve, Hamern, !

26 Seats of the town council were given to different parties at local elections on 26 September 2004: The Coat of Arms shows the three rivers Berkel, Haulingbach and Lilienbeck in silver on blue background.

Billerbeck is an important centre of tourism as it is only half-an-hour away for the 7 million people of the Rhein-Ruhr-Area and it is also a place of pilgrimage as Ludger, the first bishop of Münster, died there in the year 809.

For these reasons the gastronomy is well developed and offers a great variety related to the city's number of inhabitants.

The Catholic Pfarr- und Propsteigemeinde St. Johann / St. Ludgerus Billerbeck has its roots in the 8th century.

Peter Ilisch, Zum Erscheinungsbild münsterländischer Kirchhöfe vor 1800 - Das Beispiel St. Johann zu Billerbeck.

North Rhine-Westphalia Recklinghausen (district) Unna (district) Hamm Borken (district) Steinfurt (district) Münster Warendorf (district) Olfen Rosendahl Senden Billerbeck Dülmen Ascheberg Havixbeck Coesfeld Nottuln Lüdinghausen Nordkirchen
Gerleve Abbey
Alte Landwirtschaftsschule
Coat of Arms of Coesfeld district
Coat of Arms of Coesfeld district