Ahaus
Ahaus (De-Ahaus.ogg; Westphalian: Ausen) is a town in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, lying some 20 km south-east of Enschede and 15 km south from Gronau. The location of one of Germany's interim storage facilities for radioactive spent fuel.
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• Type — Stadt • Name — Ahaus • State — Nordrhein-Westfalen • Region — Münster • District — Borken • Elevation — 36 - 70 • Area — 151.24 • Postal Code — 48683 • Area Code — 02561, 02567 • Licence — BOR, AH, BOH • Gemeindeschlussel — 05 5 54 004 • Divisions — 6 • Website — www.ahaus.de • Mayor — Karola Voß • Leader Term — 2025–30 • Party — Independent
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Ahaus is a place recorded by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Ahaus as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record North Rhine-Westphalia as the administrative unit of Ahaus.
History
History
The first written mention of the aristocratic seat of Haus an der Aa dates from around 1030. Around 1120, Bernhard von Diepenheim commissioned the construction of the predecessor to the present-day Ahaus Castle. In 1154, his son Lifhard called himself von Ahaus for the first time. The lords of Ahaus belonged to the smaller noble dynasties in Westphalia in the wider environment of the Munster bishops. They got into a fight with them in 1176 when the nobleman Johann von Ahaus gave his castle as a fief to the Archbishop of Cologne. In 1177, however, John had to surrender to Prince Bishop Hermann II of Münster. The castles of Ahaus and Diepenheim, which belonged to the noble lords of Ahaus, were destroyed. Nevertheless, the noble lords remained in possession of their rule. In 1389 the noble lords of Ahaus granted the castle settlement an excise privilege. Two years later, Ahaus received city rights. In 1406, the Prince-Bishop of Münster, Otto IV von Hoya, bought the lordship of Ahaus and incorporated it into the Bishopric of Münster. It was combined by the Bishopric of Münster together with 24 parishes, which extended over large parts of West Münsterland, to form the Amt of Ahaus. It lasted until it was dissolved by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803.
Politics
Politics
The current mayor is Karola Voß who has been serving as mayor since 2015. In the 2025 local elections she was reelected with 90% of the votes.
Climate
Climate
Ahaus has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Dobk).
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Ahaus is twinned with: • Argentré-du-Plessis, France • Haaksbergen, Netherlands
Notable people
Notable people
• Friedrich Koechling (1893–1970), officer, general of infantry • Michael Denhoff (born 1955), composer and cellist • Jens Spahn (born 1980), politician (CDU), Member of Bundestag • Heike Wermer (born 1988), CDU politician • Urszula Radwańska (born 1990), Polish tennis player • Stefan Thesker (born 1991), footballer
Transport links
Transport links
Ahaus is located in the Dortmund–Gronau railway and in the area of the fare association Westfalen-Tarif.
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Interim Storage of Spent Fuel in Germany History, State and Prospects, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, June 2015.
- 2.www.ahaus.de: Geschichte. 2016-01-19.
- 3.Internet-Portal 'Westfälische Geschichte'. www.lwl.org. 2014-03-25.
- 4.Landesdatabank Nordrhein-Westfalen Tabelle 12411-01i: Bevölkerungsstand - Gemeinden - Stichtag.
- 5.Kommunalwahlen. www.stadt-ahaus.de.
- 6.SKlima. Monatsauswertung. sklima.de.
- 7.Ahaus. Städtepartnerschaften. stadt-ahaus.de.
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