Stadtlohn

The city of Stadtlohn , which has 20,746 inhabitants , is located in the western Münsterland in the northwest of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a district town of Borken in the Münster administrative district. The River Berkel flows through the city on its way to the Netherlands.

The town was founded as Lohn by Liudger, the first Bishop of Münster about the year 800. About 985 Gescher was split from Lohn, which in turn split into Südlohn and Nordlohn . The name Stadtlohn is first mentioned in 1389 after the small town Nordlohn was secured by a moat, a defensive wall and gates and gained the town rights. About 1406 Stadtlohn was burned down by Count Heinrich I of Solms-Ottenstein because he feuded with the bishop of Münster. Bishop Heinrich III of Münster verified its town rights in 1491.

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