title: Neuenkirchen, Westphalia
text: Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster.
  
  Geography
  
  Neighbouring places
   Wettringen
   Steinfurt
   Emsdetten
   Rheine
   Salzbergen
  
  Division of the municipality
   
   Offlum
   Sutrum-Harum
   Landersum
  
  Politics
  
  Town assembly
  
  After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure:
   CDU 15 seats
   SPD 5 seats
   Green Party 2 seats
   FDP 1 seats
   UWG 3 seats
  
  Sons and daughters of the community 
    
   Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist and Nobel laureate, a residential street bears his name (Georg-Bednorz-Strasse).
   Josef F. Bille (born 1944), physicist and inventor, bearer of the European Inventive Price
   Isaac Leeser (1806-1868), American Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher
   August Rohling (1839-1931), theologian and anti-Semite
   Hans Weiner (born 1950), footballer
   André Wiwerink (born 1980), footballer
  
  References
  
  External links
    
  
  Steinfurt (district)