Dulmen

Dulmen is a metropolis inside the district of Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Dulmen is situated within the south a part of the Munsterland region, between the Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge hills to the north and the Ems river to the east. South of Dulmen the Ruhr vicinity is positioned. The region changed into first stated as Dulmenni in 889, as a belongings of Werden Abbey. Dülmen acquired city privileges in 1311. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1470.

It turned into part of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster until it changed into mediatised in 1803. After a brief period inside the arms of the House of Croy, it turned into taken through the French in 1811. After the defeat of Napoleon, it became part of the Prussian Province of Westphalia. The Dulmen oil plant become a goal of the Oil Campaign of World War II: ninety% of the city became destroyedcitation needed and the metropolis turned into rebuilt after the battle. In 1973, the populace reached 20,000. In 1975, Rorup, Merfeld, Hiddingsel, Buldern, Hausdulmen and Kirchspiel Dulmen have become part of Dulmen.