Dülmen

urban municipality in the district of Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary

Dülmen is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Dülmen ranks in the top 9% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,694 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3], Lippeverband[4], Mayors for Peace[5], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Coesfeld[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Instance of: medium-sized district town[9], Hanseatic city[10]
  • Shares border with: Senden[11], Haltern am See[12], Coesfeld[13], Lüdinghausen[14], Nottuln[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Dülmen-Mitte[16], Buldern[17], Hausdülmen[18], Hiddingsel[19], Kirchspiel[20], Merfeld[21], Rorup[22]
  • Twinned administrative body: Charleville-Mézières[23], Fehrbellin[24]
  • Postal code: 48249[25]
  • Commons category: Dülmen[26]
  • Licence plate code: COE[27]
  • Local dialing code: 02594[28]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Dülmen[29]
  • Coordinate location: 51.830833333333, 7.2783333333333[30]
  • Official website: https://www.duelmen.de/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dülmen[32]
  • Commons gallery: Dülmen[33]
  • Population: 46,613[34], 46,507[35], 37,013[36], 46,590[37], 46,877[38], 47,468[39], 47,937[40], 47,989[41], 47,759[42]
  • Described by source: Topographia Westphaliae[43]
  • Category for people born here: Q112031276[44]
  • Category for people who died here: Q126996311[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dülmen[46]
  • Short name: Dlm[47]
  • Different from: Dülmen[48]
  • Elevation above sea level: 65[49]
  • Area: 184.49[50], 184.83[51]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Dülmen include Dülmener[52], a horse breed[53].

Why It Matters

Dülmen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Dülmen is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for Dülmen include Dülmener[52], a horse breed[53].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+46613'}, {'amount': '+46507'}, {'amount': '+37013'} +6
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  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+46613'}, {'amount': '+46507'}, {'amount': '+37013'} +6
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  3. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  4. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Charleville-Mézières, Fehrbellin
    Archives at → Stadtarchiv Dülmen
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Dülmen
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+65'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:ڈولمین]]"
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