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On the 1st of July 1969, the farming communities Alstätte, Bockelsdorf, Bombeck, Dörholt, Gantweg, Gerleve, Hamern,Lutum, Osthellen, Osthellermark and Westhellen (all former community parish Billerbeck), Aulendorf, Esking, Langenhorst and Temming (all former community Beerlage) incorporated.
Castle Kolven consists of building parts from the 15th and 16th-century. The manor with its striking half-hipped roof displays a typical residence of the lower nobility in the Münsterland. Today, it serves as the cultural centre of the district Coesfeld with changing exhibitions.
Town Hall, Markt 1. The neo-Gothic, with sandstone ashlars clad building, was constructed by Hilger Hertel in 1891 and extended in 1948/49.
A closed churchyard development, with simple half-timbered buildings (small storehouses) is situated in the vincinity of the St. Johannis church. The oldest houses are at the core still late Middle Ages but were rebuilt several times: so for example Johanniskirchhof 2, dated year 1513 dendrochronologically, the storehouse with the house number 6-7, dated1492, was turned into a residence by Ulrich and Maria Gaußelmann.
