Welcome to Senden!

The municipality of Senden (Westphalia) borders Münster to the southwest, and Münster city centre is only about 20 minutes away by car. You can reach Münster's city centre in 30 minutes with the ExpressBus X90. You can reach Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) almost as quickly, and the district town of Coesfeld is also only half an hour away. In the south, you can quickly reach the Ruhr region; Dortmund, for example, is only 50 minutes away by car. In the northwest, the popular Dutch city of Enschede is just over an hour's drive away.

Tip for commuters : From the station in the Bösensell district you can take regional trains to Münster and Essen. You want to travel to another destination but don't have your own car? Then rent one from the car-sharing provider Stadtteilauto. Two vehicles are available for rent in the immediate vicinity of the bus station.

Tip: 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.

Around 14,000 of the municipality's 21,000 inhabitants live in the main town of Senden. The district of Ottmarsbocholt, which lies just under ten minutes to the south-west, is home to around 3,500 people. The district of Bösensell is a ten-minute drive north of the centre and is home to about 2800 people. The small village of Venne, which also belongs to the municipality, lies to the east of the centre and consists of a few individual farms and houses.

Even though rental and purchase prices overall follow the general real estate trend, there are still numerous niches to be discovered in Münsterland when building, buying or renting. In the rural areas of Münsterland, the average rental price per square metre is between five and seven euros, and the average purchase price for flats and houses per square metre is 2100 euros.

If you want to build a house in Senden, Bösensell or Ottmarsbocholt, you can find out about building areas with building plots here. If you want to rent a flat, you can find the current rent indexon the website of the municipality of Senden.

There is at least one supermarket in all parts of Senden , and on Thursdays you can also buy regional products from the Münsterland region at the weekly market. The centre of Senden offers many other shopping opportunities, from drugstores and bookstores to shops of large fashion chains and small, individual concept shops. You can get everything you need for your bike or e-bike in specialist bike shopsall over Münsterland.

Would you like to shop even more? Then you can reach the Designer Outlet Ochtrup from Senden in just 45 minutes by car.

A total of 13 kindergartens and day-care centres take care of the little ones in Senden. On the website of the municipality you can find the addresses and information about all the facilities as well as the contact details of the responsible contact person at the municipal administration.

The educational offer in Senden covers all school types and qualifications:

• Four primary schools (two in Senden and one each in Bösensell and Ottmarsbocholt).
• One secondary school
• One secondary school
• One grammar school

In addition to many service providers, craft businesses, wholesalers and retailers, there are also a number of industrial companies in Senden. The industrial estates in Senden, Bösensell and Ottmarsbocholt are home to machinery and plant manufacturers, metal and plastic processing companies, a concrete factory and logistics providers.