Greven Explained

Image Caption:	Railway station in Greven
Gemeindeschlüssel:	05 5 66 012
Type:	Town
Image Coa:	DE Greven COA.svg
Coordinates:	52.0917°N 7.6083°W
Image Plan:	Greven in ST.svg
State:	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Region:	Münster
District:	Steinfurt
Elevation:	45
Area:	140.26
Postal Code:	48268
Area Code:	02571 02575 Reckenfeld
Licence:	ST, BF, TE
Divisions:	3
Website:	www.greven.net
Mayor:	Dietrich Aden^[1]
Leader Term:	2020 - 25
Party:	CDU

Greven (pronounced as /de/; Westphalian: Graiwen) is a medium-sized town in the district of Steinfurt, in Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and close to the city of Münster.

Geography

Greven is situated on the river Ems, approx. 25 km south-east of Rheine and 15 km north of Münster.

Division of the town

Greven consists of the following districts

• Greven
• Reckenfeld
• Gimbte
• Schmedehausen

Neighbouring municipalities

Altenberge Nordwalde Emsdetten Saerbeck

Ladbergen Ostbevern Telgte Münster

Transport

Airport

Greven is home to North Rhine-Westphalia's fourth-largest airport Münster Osnabrück Airport (IATA code: FMO) transporting approx. 2.5 mil. passengers in 2009, but only 1.2 mil. in 2012 to destinations in Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa.

Railway

• Regional express trains (Regional Express) - these trains do not stop at all stations:
  • Emden (north sea)-Leer(Ostfriesland)-Meppen-Lingen(Emsland)-Rheine-Greven-Münster Hauptbahnhof (Main railway station).
• Regional trains (Regional Bahn) - these trains stop at all stations:
  • Rheine-Mesum-Emsdetten-Reckenfeld-Greven-Münster Sprakel-Münster Zentrum Nord-Münster Hauptbahnhof(Main railway station).

Roads

The autobahn A1 from Heiligenhafen in Schleswig-Holstein to Saarbrücken passes near Greven, furthermore 2 bundesstrassen, B481 and B219.

Waterways

The Dortmund-Ems Canal crosses through Greven and was lately enlarged to carry ships up to 2,000 tons.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Greven is twinned with:^[2]

• Montargis, France (1968)

See also

• Emsa (household goods) (1949)

Notes and References

1. https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020
2. Web site: Greven und Montargis – Partnerstädte seit 1968. greven.net. Greven. de. 2021-03-10. 2021-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516081633/https://www.greven.net/stadtinfo_wirtschaft/stadtinfo/montargis/partnerschaft.php. dead.