Steinfurt consists of the districts of Burgsteinfurt and Borghorst, each of which has a town centre with many shopping facilities and restaurants. The approximately 34,000 inhabitants enjoy THE GOOD LIFE between urban cultural and leisure facilities and the vast Münsterland park landscape.
The district town of Steinfurt is located north-west of Münster between Ochtrup and Emsdetten. Münster and Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) are around 40 minutes away by car, and the Dutch city of Enschede is just as quick to reach. Osnabrück is just under an hour's drive away. From the three train stations Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt, Steinfurt-Borghorst and Steinfurt-Grottenkamp, you can travel directly to Münster, Ochtrup and Enschede.
Tip: Do you want to travel to another destination but don't have your own car? Then why not hire one from Car sharing provider Stadtteilauto. A total of three car sharing stations are available in Steinfurt.
By the way: Münsterland is a cycling region! 4500 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.
Steinfurt consists of the districts of Burgsteinfurt and Borghorst, each of which includes three Bauerschaften. Around 15,000 of the total population of 34,000 live in Burgsteinfurt and around 19,000 in Borghorst.
The heart of Burgsteinfurt is the historic town centre by the moated castle. In the centre of Borghorst there is a shopping centre and a pedestrian zone with shopping facilities and restaurants. The two districts are around ten minutes apart, with the extensive "Steinfurter Bagno" park stretching between them.
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.
The city council provides information on its website as to whether building plots are currently available. You can also view the official rent index and use a rental value calculator.
The Steinfurt Bagno was laid out in the 18th century as a kind of amusement park with exotic structures and water features. Today you can walk here through extensive woodland and around a lake or listen to music in the concert hall; the meadows now belong to the Golfclub Münsterland.
Both parts of Steinfurt are equally inviting for shopping: In the old town of Burgsteinfurt and in the pedestrian zone in Borghorst you can browse in various shops, boutiques and concept stores with individual assortments. Large clothing chains, drugstores and shoe shops have set up shop in the Baumgarten shopping centre in Burgsteinfurt and in the BWS shopping centre in Borghorst. As everywhere in the Münsterland region, there are of course several specialist bicycle shops in Steinfurt with a large selection of accessories, bicycles and e-bikes. You can buy groceries not only in various supermarkets, but also at the weekly markets in both districts.
Tip: For larger shopping trips, a trip to the Designer Outlet Ochtrup, which is only 20 minutes away by car, is a good idea.
In Steinfurt, a total of 27 daycare centres and kindergartens offer childcare facilities. 15 of these facilities are located in the district of Borghorst, twelve in Burgsteinfurt. You can find childcare places online via the portal "STEP" - Kreis Steinfurt ElternPortal.
The Diakonie of the Steinfurt-Coesfeld-Borken church district provides information about the services offered by child day care.
With the educational offer in the district town, pupils of all ages are well catered for - from the first day of school to their bachelor's degree:
If you are looking for a job in Steinfurt and the surrounding area, your prospects are good: The unemployment rate in the district is only 4.6 per cent. The town is home to small and large companies from a wide range of sectors, including haulage companies, textile factories and chemical, mechanical engineering and wood processing companies. The long-established Rolinck brewery, which now belongs to Krombacher, is particularly well known. The Dwersteg distillery and the Alte Münsterländer Kornbrennerei und Liqueurdistillerie Sallandt have an equally long tradition.
The hospital in Steinfurt-Borghorst - the Marienhospital - employs around 500 people.
