Tecklenburg

Tecklenburg is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography
It is located at the foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, southwest of Osnabrück.

Division of the town
Tecklenburg consists of 4 districts (with farming communities):

Neighbouring municipalities

 * Ibbenbüren
 * Westerkappeln
 * Lotte
 * Hagen
 * Lengerich
 * Ladbergen
 * Saerbeck

Today, the city of Tecklenburg (from a perspective of size really not a city but a town) is a tourist destination.

Burg Tecklenburg
Burg Tecklenburg is a castle ruin in Tecklenburg, used today as an outdoor theatre.

The castle was built around 1250. Anna von Tecklenburg-Schwerin made a lot of construction changes. Around 1700 the castle was old and the bricks were used for other buildings in Tecklenburg. Only a ruin was the result.

International relations
Tecklenburg is twinned with:
 * 🇫🇷 France Chalonnes-sur-Loire (France) since 1982