The approximately 15,000 inhabitants of the municipality of Reken live in five village-like districts. The state-approved resort offers you THE GOOD LIFE with many sports, outdoor and leisure activities in the middle of the green Münsterland and urban culture in the neighbouring towns.
Reken is about 45 minutes by car west of Münster in the district of Borken. It takes about 50 minutes to drive to Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO), and you can reach the popular Dutch city of Enschede almost as quickly. In the south, the municipality borders the Ruhr area and you can be in Dortmund in just one hour. The district town of Borken is 20 minutes away by car. From the three train stations in the districts of Maria Veen, Bahnhof Reken and Klein Reken, you can travel to Coesfeld, Dorsten and Essen and easily change trains en route to Oberhausen and Duisburg.
Tip: The Münsterland is a cycling region! 4,500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and in the countryside: you can commute to work comfortably by bike and go on great tours with friends and family.
The municipality of Reken consists of five districts of different sizes. The largest is the centrally located Groß Reken with around 6300 inhabitants. The neighbourhoods of Maria Veen (2800 inhabitants), Klein Reken (2600 inhabitants) and Bahnhof Reken (2300 inhabitants) are roughly the same size. The smallest neighbourhood is Hülsten with around 700 inhabitants.
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. Here you will find information on building sites and municipal building plots in Reken. You can also view information on sales and price trends on the property market in the Borken district in the property market report .
You can buy everything you need for everyday life at various supermarkets in Groß Reken, Bahnhof Reken and Maria Veen. On Friday afternoons, you can also get fresh food at the weekly market in Groß Reken. In addition, you can browse in various small and larger specialist shops in the districts, for example in individual boutiques and concept stores with unusual clothes. And, as in many places in Münsterland, you can get everything you need for your excursion by bike or e-bike in a bicycle shop. Shopping for fashion and more? The Designer Outlet Ochtrup is only 40 minutes away by car.
Around eleven kindergartens and day-care centres offer care options for families in all five districts. Here you can also find information about day care by childminders.
Your child can obtain all school-leaving qualifications at the schools in Reken:
Reken is home to many medium-sized craft businesses and a number of farms, and many people work in the town's restaurants and shops. There are also some larger companies. One of the key players is AS Drives & Services GmbH, a company specialising in the repair of industrial gearboxes, which also develops and manufactures its own products in the field of drive and lubrication technology. The most important employers are the frozen food manufacturer Iglo GmbH, Schwering Türenwerk GmbH & Co KG and the non-profit service company Benediktushof gGmbH, which operates a vocational training centre, a residential home and a workshop for people with disabilities in Maria Veen.
Raccoon in the Wildkpark RekenOur colleague Kristina took advantage of the good weather in April and visited the Frankenhof Wildlife Park with her daughter and her friend. There is a lot for the children to discover here: Fairytale forest, wild animals, playground and petting enclosure. A picnic is also on the agenda, of course. Kristina tells us how the three of them experienced the day on the MünsterlandBlog.
