January to March 2025

How can Beckum city centre remain attractive and lively? The information on the ISEK process is now bundled on a special page.

Some have already spotted him, the little sparrow in Marienpark. The new seesaw animal is looking forward to welcoming young visitors. A new play combination for the very little ones has been waiting to be discovered in the same place for two weeks.

The greenfield project was launched four years ago: The residential development area has been growing rapidly ever since. Markus-Bau has now completed the development work on Göttfricker Weg on time.

Last Saturday and the week before, many eager Beckum residents once again cleared the green spaces of carelessly discarded rubbish.

After several encores, violinist Albrecht Menzel, now a regular guest at the chamber concert series "Music in the Old Rectory", was given a standing ovation in the packed rectory in Vellern.

As the water supply works in Beckum continue, Hansaring will temporarily become a one-way street from 31 March. Initially, the section between Everkeweg and "Zur Goldbrede" will be closed on one side and the one-way street will run in an east-west direction.

A group of interested Beckum residents accepted the invitation from the Asylum Working Group to take a guided tour of the Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple in Hamm.

An information event on the topic of "Prevention of interpersonal and sexualised violence in sport" met with great interest from the clubs.

As part of the International Weeks against Racism, a panel discussion was held at the multi-generation centre in Beckum. Over 50 interested people listened to the personal experiences and took part in the discussion.

Happy faces in Neubeckum: the newbie benches have finally arrived just in time for the start of spring!

The town of Beckum supports the Private Hedgehog Aid Beckum with an information campaign on the protection of the endangered spiny animal. Let's get started with a profile.

Time and again, trees in public spaces are treated unlawfully and improperly. This concerns, for example, trees on the connecting paths between Johann-Strauß-Straße and Graf-Galen-Straße as well as Spiekersstraße.

This year's "Kulturrucksack" for 10 to 14-year-olds is once again packed full of great multi-day offers during the Easter, summer and autumn holidays. One workshop starts at the end of March.

After a year and a half at school, the participants in the second educational pathway at VHS Beckum-Wadersloh were finally able to hold their grade 10 school-leaving certificate (EESA) in their hands in black and white.

An adequate interim solution has been found, the move to the other side of the street has been completed, the house number for the address has been changed and the open house is now permeated by the fine aroma of kale.

It's the same picture every year: as soon as the last of the floats have been thrown and collected and the last Rumskedi shouts have died away, the municipal sweeper arrives to clean the route after the last float has passed.

The town of Beckum is delighted to welcome another new opening. The shop "Wäscheline" offers branded lingerie at Nordstraße 22.

Due to planting work, the northern section of the Mühlenweg/Paterweg/Konrad-Adenauer-Ring roundabout (Mühlenweg/Konrad-Adenauer-Ring exit) will be closed from 17 to 21 March. Diversions will be signposted.

Numerous interested and committed Beckum residents discussed the future of Beckum's city centre together with the city administration and the planning office scheuvens + wachten plus from Dortmund.

Beckum's town centre continues to blossom in time for spring. Helga Grothues from Beckum's town centre management team is delighted about another new opening.

Due to the high demand for urn burials, the town of Beckum has extended the existing columbarium at the Elisabethstraße cemetery.

The results of the general election are discussed from various perspectives. The city's Equal Opportunities Officer Monika Björklund takes stock of the situation.

The election results for the 4 city districts and the constituencies are now also available, including the respective postal votes.

The Alma Trio, a young Spanish-Latin American ensemble, took visitors to the chamber concert series "Musik im Alten Pfarrhaus" on a musical journey around the globe.

Experts from several municipalities exchanged ideas on how to improve funding management. A representative from the town of Beckum was also present.

Shortly before the Bundestag elections, an enormous success has been achieved for women's rights in Germany. Monika Björklund, Equal Opportunities Officer for the town of Beckum, points this out.

How can older people participate actively and independently in social life for as long as possible? How can the very elderly receive the best possible support? The new guide provides answers.

Finding a counselling centre, a sports course or a parent-child group, locating a midwife, keeping track of leisure activities? The city of Beckum's new family portal brings together all the services in one place.

How will the voters of tomorrow vote? As part of a test election, the so-called U18 election, children and young people cast their votes for the upcoming Bundestag election at the Neubeckum leisure centre and the Alte E-Werk.

This is how the people of Beckum voted. You can find the provisional results of the Bundestag election here.

More living space for Beckum: At the end of February, Beckumer Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH (BWG) will begin a new residential project in the southern part of Schlehenstraße. This will postpone the final development in the residential area.

Whether it's the Blue Lagoon, the Höxberg nature experience or the Tuttenbrock recreational lake, the completely revamped platform also includes fantastic pictures of Beckum and will whet your appetite for a holiday on your own doorstep. There is also plenty of information and tips.

He is well known in the town hall, as he was mayor of the town of Beckum from 2004 to 2020: the new town prince is Prof Dr Karl-Uwe Strothmann.

Holcim West Zement GmbH is currently preparing for further limestone extraction in the Kollenbach 2 and Lippberg-Nord quarries. Two roads are being diverted for this purpose.

With the tax assessment notices for 2025, property owners will be able to see for the first time how the property tax reform will affect them personally. This leads to numerous queries.

Visitors to the city centres of Beckum and Neubeckum will be able to quickly call up information on the Internet, check e-mails or use social media in the future.

The district of Warendorf, as the municipal supervisory authority, has no objections to the 2025 budget, according to a press release from the district.

The team at Neubeckum public library has sorted out media that has not been borrowed in the last 3 years. However, the books do not end up in the waste paper, but are intended to provide interested people with new reading material, free of charge.

Under the title "The Brilliant Flute", the two musicians Shaya Eldar on the flute and Risa Kobayashi on the grand piano transported visitors to the chamber music series "Music in the Old Rectory" into a musical world all of their own.

Something is happening in Beckum's town centre: The town of Beckum is pleased to announce another new opening as part of the "Sustainable town centres and local centres in North Rhine-Westphalia" funding programme.

The volunteers from the Neubeckum and Beckum food banks took centre stage at this year's New Year's reception hosted by the town of Beckum.

The outdoor pool season tickets for 2025 are now available online or at the indoor pool during ticket office hours.

Setting a strong example together for tolerance, diversity and respect. This is the aim of the district-wide "RESPECT!" campaign, in which the town of Beckum is participating. The campaign is also an appeal to organisations to support the project.

For the second time, the town of Beckum has awarded the climate protection prize for exemplary, sustainable projects. Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich presented the prizes to this year's winners in the small hall of the municipal theatre.

New year, new look? At the beginning of the year, fresh funds from the Neubeckum courtyard and façade programme will be available for the beautification of inner-city properties. An information evening will be held on 3 February.

If you want to park in one of the 4 managed car parks in Beckum, you no longer have to search for small change or the nearest parking ticket machine: From 1 February, parking fees can also be paid easily using a smartphone.

The Neubeckum leisure centre is being extensively modernised and converted to make it barrier-free. The various parts will be more closely interlinked than before. As a result, the district centre on Gottfried-Polysius-Straße has been closed since mid-January.

The new Beckum fire and rescue station is to be built on the so-called Renfert site. As the site is currently heavily overgrown and therefore difficult to access, the small trees will be cleared in February - outside of the protected vegetation period.

Want to experience the familiar rooms of the city museum in a different way? The artist Achim Zeman uses unusual perspectives to create astonishing views and breathe new life into the old walls.

Once again, the city's New Year's concert provided a musical highlight at the start of the year. Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich opened the concert and welcomed the audience to the completely sold-out municipal theatre.

Despite the property tax reform taking effect from this year, Beckum property owners will receive their property tax assessments for 2025 at the end of this month, as in previous years.

What do you do when there is a ruined building in the centre of town, the construction site is at a standstill and there is no quick solution in sight? Beautify the construction fences, said some Neubeckum residents, and got to work immediately.

The second public information event on the redesign of the village square in Roland also met with great interest.

In the anniversary year, many Beckum residents had their photos taken for the "We are all Beckum" campaign to show how diverse, tolerant and colourful Beckum is. The resulting large-scale collage with many faces can now be seen in all parts of the town.

7 teams with athletes of different nationalities took part in the traditional international football tournament, which was held for the first time as an indoor tournament in the Jahnhalle.