April to June 2025

From 26 June, the speed limit on Holtmarweg will be 30 km/h throughout. The existing 30 km/h zone between Holtmardreisch and Theodor-Storm-Straße will be extended to Konrad-Adenauer-Ring.

The owner of the small, fine shop at Nordstraße 41, master goldsmith Jürgen Düphans, is retiring towards the end of the year. But that's not the end of the story.

The shareholders' meeting and the supervisory board of Westfälische Landeseisenbahn GmbH (WLE) held a joint meeting in the Ständesaal in Beckum.

The topic of inclusion was at the centre of an information visit by Karsten Koch to Beckum's mayor Michael Gerdhenrich. Koch is a member of the Regional Assembly of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL) and Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the so-called Westphalia Parliament.

This year's environmental education project "Learning to save energy" began on Monday morning at the Friedrich-von-Bodelschwingh School with a cheerful play, clever questions and a pinch of humour.

The 6th Afterwork Meeting took place this week at the invitation of the City of Beckum's business development organisation.

The future schoolchildren of the "Die Kleinen Strolche" daycare centre visited the mayor in 3 groups and quenched their thirst for knowledge.

The Beckum-Wadersloh Adult Education Centre (VHS) can look back on a very successful year. As part of the Intermunicipal Adult Education Committee, VHS Director Dr Jürgen Rauter presented the impressive figures from August 2024 to May 2025 to the committee members.

What to do with used clothes if they no longer fit, have fallen or are damaged? An overview.

Booking a sports course, finding the right childcare for my child, discovering leisure activities? It's quick and easy with the new family portal of the town of Beckum.

Extraordinary operation for the Beckum fire brigade: this morning, the fire and rescue services were called to a fire in part of Beckum town hall.

These and other topics were the subject of the last council meeting in the auditorium of the Antonius School.

The hedgehog, which is threatened with extinction, is finding it increasingly difficult to find food. Robot mowers and the like also pose a considerable threat to the prickly animal. What can amateur gardeners do?

As we get older, many new questions and sometimes worries arise. This is where the preventative counselling service "Besser jetzt - Gut beraten ins Alter" (Better now - good advice in old age) from the district of Warendorf together with the town of Beckum comes in, which has now been presented to the public.

In order to maintain a dignified overall appearance of the municipal cemeteries, the condition of the gravesites in the Elisabethstraße and Parkfriedhof cemeteries will be checked immediately after Whitsun.

The 2024/25 season of the chamber music series "Musik im Alten Pfarrhaus" ended with a glittering climax last Thursday.

Shop for fruit, vegetables or cheese while listening to sea shanties: The "Liese Shanty Sänger" from Diestedde will be providing a good atmosphere at the Beckum weekly market on 24 May from 11 am.

Great news for families: during the 2025 summer holidays, all children and young people under the age of 18 will have free admission to Beckum outdoor pool.

Once again this year, actor Tobias Winopall impressively brings the story of stone cooler Karl Schwarenhorst and his experiences in the quarry to life. Pupils from a third class hang on his every word. And the Beckumer Bauknechte also listen with rapt attention.

The Neubeckum outdoor pool opens its doors on 11 May at 9 am. Admission is free on the opening day.

When this year's outdoor pool season starts, children will find a new attraction at Beckum's outdoor pool.

From 11 May to 20 July, the artist Werner Schlegel will be exhibiting at the Beckum City Museum. In addition to classical sculpture, Schlegel's diverse oeuvre also includes painting and graphic art.

The pupils at Roncalli School are delighted to have 4 newly planted trees in their schoolyard.

Bright, barrier-free, energy-efficient, green and close to the city: this is what characterises the Asset Group's four new residential buildings on Holtmarweg. The former abattoir site has thus become an oasis for living and relaxing.

Renovation work at the Jahnstadion will begin next week with the removal of the existing artificial turf.

From 1 May, new regulations for passport photos will come into force nationwide in order to prevent image manipulation such as morphing. In future, only digital passport photos from certified photographers and service providers will be permitted.

The time has finally come: the new play equipment at the playgrounds on Werseweg and Helene-Lange-Straße has been freed from the construction fences and is now open to the public.
From now on, children can climb and slide there.

Spring is garden time. Amateur gardeners should also think about insects and small animals such as hedgehogs. The hedgehog, which is threatened with extinction, feeds primarily on insects.

The two young, extraordinary talents Berenice and Philomena Terwey took the guests of the chamber music series "Musik im Alten Pfarrhaus" into extraordinary worlds of sound last Thursday.

Cycling maps, flyers and brochures whet the appetite for varied tours through the Münsterland. Get them now and off you go!

The city of Beckum has almost completed the allocation of daycare places for the coming kindergarten year 2025/26 - and with a pleasing result: around 98 per cent of the available places were successfully allocated via the central matching process.

Preparations for the coming season are already in full swing at both outdoor pools. The benches have been freshly painted, the tiles refurbished and the green areas spruced up. And since yesterday, the Neubeckum outdoor pool has been ready for the water.

The wooden dove of peace designed by pupils from Beckum schools to mark the surrender of Beckum to the Allies without a fight 80 years ago was hung in the VHS auditorium.

The public participation event for the planned renovation of the Neubeckum outdoor pool met with great interest. Around 250 people accepted the invitation from the municipal utility company Energieversorgung und Bäder.

Scatter seeds and later enjoy the splendour of the flowers. The district of Warendorf and the town of Beckum are supporting this again this year.

Play combinations on the playgrounds on Werseweg and Helene-Lange-Straße that have not yet been released have already been used illegally. Unfortunately, the town of Beckum had to realise this.

17 girls and boys got a taste of working life at the town of Beckum today as part of Girls' & Boys' Day. Employees from various departments gave an insight into their day-to-day work.

The town of Beckum commemorated the surrender of the town to the Allies without a fight exactly 80 years ago today, 1 April, with a memorial ceremony on the market square.