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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Arnsberg

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Sunday 10:10 PM

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Hochsauerland

Postal codes
  
59909

Population
  
11,167 (30 Jun 2010)

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Weather
  
4°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 88% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Fort Fun Abenteuerland, Ruhr, Erzbergbaumuseum und Besucher, FORT FUN Winterwelt, Plästerlegge

Bestwig is a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Contents

Map of 59909 Bestwig, Germany

Geography

Bestwig is situated on the river Ruhr, approx. 10 km east of Meschede.

Neighbouring municipalities

  • Olsberg
  • Schmallenberg
  • Meschede
  • Rüthen
  • Warstein

    • Subdivisions

  • Bestwig (1,334 inhabitants)
  • Velmede (3,461 inhabitants)
  • Ramsbeck (2,047 inhabitants)
  • Ostwig (1,655 inhabitants)
  • Nuttlar (1,671 inhabitants)
  • Heringhausen (903 inhabitants)
  • Berlar
  • Andreasberg
  • Wasserfall

    • Twin towns

    Bestwig has no official partnership with another town, but has close to ties to Niederorschel (Thuringia, Germany) and Niederwiesa (Saxony, Germany).

    Coat of arms

    The coat of arms shows a silver Saint Andrew's Cross on blue ground. The Saint Andrew's Cross is a reference to the patron of the parish church in Velmede, Saint Andrew. The colors silver and blue show the allegiance to the former county of Arnsberg.

    Notable persons

  • Franz Hoffmeister (1898-1943), Roman Catholic priest
  • Theo Bücker (born 1948), coach of Lebanon's national football team
  • Ferdinand von Lüninck (born 1888), German nobleman (a Freiherr i.e. a Baron) Roman Catholic, who participated ijnn plans to overthrow Hitler on 20 July 1944. Arrested after plot failed and was sentenced to death.

    • Notable places

  • Abbey Bergkloster Bestwig

    • References

    Bestwig Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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