Metelen
Metelen is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Vechte in the district of Steinfurt. Metelen Land station is located on the Münster–Enschede railway and has an hourly train service to Münster in one direction and to Enschede in the other direction.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Metelen
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DE_Metelen_COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Metelen in ST.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.postal_code
- 48629
- German location.region
- Münster
- German location.district
- Steinfurt
- German location.elevation
- 56
- German location.area
- 40.23
- German location.area_code
- 02556
- German location.licence
- ST
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- People from Metelen
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Metelen is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Vechte in the district of Steinfurt. Metelen Land station is located on the Münster–Enschede railway and has an hourly train service to Münster in one direction and to Enschede in the other direction.
==History== The town history dates back to 889 AD, when it was first mentioned in an official document. thumb|250px|Metelen Land Railway Museum
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