Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia

City
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	Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
	Location of Gronau within Borken district 250px
	Coordinates: 52°12′45″N 7°02′30″E / 52.21250°N 7.04167°ECoordinates: 52°12′45″N 7°02′30″E / 52.21250°N 7.04167°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Borken
First mentioned	1365
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Rainer Doetkotte (CDU)
Area
• Total	78.63 km2 (30.36 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	48599
Vehicle registration	BOR
Website	www.gronau.de

Gronau (Westf.) is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is near the border with the Netherlands, about 10 km east of Enschede. As of 2018, the city has about 48,000 people living there.

Rock musician and singer Udo Lindenberg was born here.

Twin towns

Gronau is twinned with:^[2]

File:Flag of England.svg Bromsgrove, England, United Kingdom
Epe, Netherlands
Mezőberény, Hungary

Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia Media

JazzFest Gronau Logo.jpg

Jazzfest Gronau Logo
Gronau and Epe Map.jpg

Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Epe map with streets and names of districts/quarters
Banner Gronau.svg

Beschreibung des Banners: "Das Banner zeigt die Stadtfarben in zwei Bahnen von Grün und Gelb im Verhältnis 1 : 1 längsgestreift und in der Mitte der oberen Hälfte den Wappenschild." Der Stadt Gronau ist mit Urkunde des Regierungspräsidenten Münster vom 8. Oktober 1981 das Recht zur Führung einer Flagge und eines Banners verliehen worden.
DEU Epe (Westf.) COA.svg

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Epe

References

↑ "Rainer Doetkotte neuer Bürgermeister in Gronau", Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 24 March 2019
↑ "Städtepartnerschaften". gronau.de (in Deutsch). Gronau. Retrieved 2019-12-02.

Other websites

Media related to Gronau (Westfalen) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (German)

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[1] "Rainer Doetkotte neuer Bürgermeister in Gronau", Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 24 March 2019

[2] "Städtepartnerschaften". gronau.de (in Deutsch). Gronau. Retrieved 2019-12-02.

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City
250px
Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Location of Gronau within Borken district 250px

Coordinates: 52°12′45″N 7°02′30″E / 52.21250°N 7.04167°E / 52.21250; 7.04167Coordinates: 52°12′45″N 7°02′30″E / 52.21250°N 7.04167°E / 52.21250; 7.04167
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Borken
First mentioned	1365
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Rainer Doetkotte^[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	78.63 km² (30.36 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	48599
Vehicle registration	BOR
Website	www.gronau.de