Horstmar
thumb|upright|left|Street view of Gertrude of Nivelles|Saint Gertrude Church Horstmar (; ) is a German town, located in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Steinfurt district, approx. north-west of Münster.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Horstmar.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Horstmar COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Horstmar in ST.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Münster
- German location.district
- Steinfurt
- German location.elevation
- 77
- German location.area
- 44.76
- German location.postal_code
- 48612
- German location.area_code
- 02558
- German location.licence
- ST
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- History
- Politics
- People from Horstmar
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thumb|upright|left|Street view of Gertrude of Nivelles|Saint Gertrude Church Horstmar (; ) is a German town, located in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Steinfurt district, approx. north-west of Münster.
==History== Its castle was built as early as the 9th century; the first mention of Horstmar is as early as the early 11th century. The city of Horstmar was built to the south of this castle. During the Thirty Years' War the castle was destroyed by order of the Hessian lieutenant Carl von Rabenhaupt.
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