Emsdetten consists of a large and lively town centre and eight rural districts. The almost 37,000 inhabitants enjoy THE GOOD LIFE between an urban city centre with events, markets, interesting employers and the wide landscape of the Münsterland. You can reach many shopping towns and excursion destinations by car or train, and the airport is not far away either.
The town of Emsdetten is located in the district of Steinfurt near Greven and Rheine. You can reach Münster to the south in around 35 minutes by car and just 20 minutes by train. Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) is just 20 minutes away by car, as is the district town of Steinfurt. Osnabrück is around 45 minutes away by car and the popular Dutch shopping city of Enschede is around 50 minutes away. You can reach the North Sea coast in around two and a half hours via the nearby A1 and A31 motorways.
From Emsdetten railway station, you can easily travel by train to Rheine, Cologne and Emden in East Frisia.
Tip: The Münsterland is a cycling region! 4500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and countryside: you can easily commute to work by bike and go on great tours with friends and family.
The heart of Emsdetten is the town centre with its shops, cafés, restaurants and a cinema. Around this city centre are extensive residential areas where most of the approximately 37,000 inhabitants live. Emsdetten also includes Ahlintel, Austum, Hembergen, Hollingen, Isendorf, Sinningen, Veltrup and Westum. These small, more rural districts and farming communities are each only a few minutes away from the city centre.
Even though 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 rural Münsterland.
Would you like to rent a flat in Emsdetten? You can find the current rent index and a rental value calculator here. You can also find out whether municipal residential properties are for sale on the city's website.
Twice a week you can buy fresh food at the weekly market , and there are several supermarkets in the city. In the city centre, which was redesigned a few years ago, you can browse in bookshops, shoe and fashion shops with well-known brands and in small concept stores. And like almost everywhere in Münsterland, there are several specialist bicycle shops in Emsdetten where you can also buy accessories for your bike or e-bike.
Tip for bargain hunters: The Designer Outlet in Ochtrup is only 30 minutes away.
Fabrics from Emsdetten have even been used to clothe a Pope and to cover the Reichstag in Berlin. The hand weaving mill Stefan Gönner supplied the material for several liturgical vestments of Pope John Paul II, and the former weaving mill J. Schilgen (which now belongs to the Greven-based company Setex-Textil) produced the fabrics for the actions "Wrapped Reichstag" (Berlin, 1995), "Wrapped Trees" (Basel, 1998) and "The Gates" (Central Park in New York, 2005) by the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
There are around 20 kindergartens and daycare centres available for childcare in Emsdetten. You can find all information on the registration process and the contact details of the daycare centres on the city website.
Your children can not only obtain all school-leaving qualifications at the schools in Emsdetten, but also enter vocational training:
Emsdetten is home to around 2,800 businesses and companies from a wide range of sectors, including a particularly large number of metal and plastics processing companies. Another focal point is the textile industry: Emsdetten is home to the terry towelling manufacturer Cawö Textil, the speciality textiles manufacturer Schmitz-Werke and the nonwovens manufacturer TWE, for example.
Other major employers include the household goods manufacturer Emsa and Sander Pflege GmbH, which operates a care centre for the elderly and a day care facility in Emsdetten. Emsdetten is also home to the "Café Extrablatt" chain, where the first café was opened.
Emsdetten FensThe MünsterlandBlog shows the Emsdettener Venn as a unique raised bog with quiet paths, wide landscapes and rare species. A short circular route leads to viewpoints and right into the heart of this special moorland world.
More impressions in the blog.
