Emsdetten (; Westphalian: Detten) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems, approx. south-east of
Rheine and north-west of Münster.
Neighbouring places
Division of the town
Emsdetten consists of 8 districts:
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Emsdetten
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Ahlintel
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Austum
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Hembergen
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Hollingen
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Isendorf
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Sinningen
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Westum
2006 school shooting
On 20 November 2006, 18-year-old former student Bastian Bosse entered the Geschwister Scholl School, fired several shots and set off
. He injured 22 people before killing himself by a shot into the mouth. Even though there were no other fatalities, the shooting was considered the deadliest
school shooting in the history of Germany since the
Erfurt massacre; this position is now held by the Winnenden school shooting.
Twin towns – sister cities
Emsdetten is
Sister city with:
Notable people
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Walt Tkaczuk (born 1947), ice hockey player, first German born player in the National Hockey League
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Kathrin Vogler (born 1963), politician, MdB
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Atze Schröder (born 1965), comedian
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Norbert Krüler (born 1957), musician
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Valerie Niehaus (born 1974), actress
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Christina Schulze-Föcking (born 1976), politician, MdL NRW
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Tim Wieskötter (born 1979), sprint canoeist, Olympic winner
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Lutz Altepost (born 1981), sprint canoeist, Olympic medalist and world champion
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Benjamin Behrla (born 1985), judoka
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Sebastian Sebastian Bosse (29 April 1988 – 20 November 2006) Perpetrator of the Emsdetten school shooting
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