Welcome to Borken!

Borken is the district town of the district of the same name in western Münsterland and is located between Bocholt and Ahaus on the Dutch border. The popular excursion destination Enschede can be reached by car in around 50 minutes, and you can reach Münster just as quickly from the train stations in Borken and the district of Marbeck to the Ruhr region, for example to Essen.

Would you like to travel? Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) and Weeze Airport are only around an hour's drive away.

Tip: The Münsterland is a cycling region! 4500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and in the countryside: you can easily commute to work by bike and go on great tours with friends and family.

About half of the 42,000 inhabitants live in the core town of Borken. The heart of the town is the old town around the market square, where the weekly market and events are held.

Borken also includes eight other districts: Weseke with around 5,000 inhabitants lies in the far north and Borkenwirthe/Burlo with just under 4,000 inhabitants lies in the north-west. The Gemen district adjoins the city centre to the north and is home to around 7500 people. To the west of the city centre is Hoxfeld, which is one of the smaller districts with around 750 inhabitants.

Marbeck (2500 inhabitants) borders the town centre to the south, with Grütlohn (around 400 inhabitants), Westenborken (around 300 inhabitants) and Rhedebrügge (700 inhabitants) to the west of Marbeck.

Although rental and purchase prices are following the general property trend overall, there are still numerous niches to be discovered in Münsterland when it comes to building, buying or renting. Here you can find the average purchase and rental prices for a house or flat in the rural area of Münsterland.

If you would like to build a house in Borken, you can find out about urban residential building plots in the building areas here.

No matter which part of Borken you live in, you're not far from the nearest supermarket or bakery. On Thursdays you can also get fresh food at the weekly market in the city centre. You can shop in Borken not only in two shopping centres, but also in many larger and smaller shops in the old town. In addition to cafés and restaurants, there are bookshops, delicatessens, specialist retailers for bicycles and e-bikes, fashion shops with well-known brands and small concept stores with unusual ranges.

Tip: Designer Outlet Ochtrup, only 40 minutes away by car, also invites you to special shopping tours.

The very youngest children are currently looked after in 27 kindergartens and daycare centres in Borken. You can enquire about and book free daycare places directly with the centres or via the central online portal "Little Bird". Further childcare options are offered by childminders.

Children and young people of all ages are well catered for with the education on offer in Borken. The youngest pupils in particular always have short distances to travel:

• Eight primary schools (one each in the districts of Burlo, Gemen, Marbeck and Weseke)
• One special school (specialising in mental development)
• One secondary modern school
• Two secondary schools
• Three comprehensive schools (including one Montessori school)
• Two grammar schools
• One vocational college
• One further education college (evening secondary school and evening grammar school)

The most important economic sector in Borken is the service sector, followed by the manufacturing industry. Many people also work in the retail and catering sectors here. In the extensive industrial area to the north-west of the town centre, construction companies, logistics providers, mechanical engineers and wholesalers have settled alongside a number of large specialist shops. Other major employers include the Brüninghoff Group, a construction and project engineering company specialising in sustainable component and building solutions, and Börger GmbH, a mechanical engineering company with rotary lobe pumps, stainless steel tanks and biogas technology at the Borken-Weseke site.

The hospital in Borken - the St.-Marien-Hospital - is a site of the Klinikum Westmünsterland and functions as an academic teaching hospital of the University of Duisburg-Essen.