Bestwig

Bestwig
Bestwig
Location of Bestwig within Hochsauerland district
Coordinates	51°22′0″N 8°24′0″E / 51.366667°N 8.4°E / 51.366667; 8.4Coordinates: 51°22′0″N 8°24′0″E / 51.366667°N 8.4°E / 51.366667; 8.4
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerland
Municipal subdivisions	8
Mayor	Ralf Péus (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	69.36 km2 (26.78 sq mi)
Elevation	280-750 m
Population	11,285 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	163 /km2 (421 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HSK
Postal code	59909
Area codes	02904, 02905
Website	www.bestwig.de

Bestwig is a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Bestwig is situated on the river Ruhr, approx. 10 km east of Meschede.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Olsberg
• Schmallenberg
• Meschede
• Rüthen
• Warstein

Subdivisions

• Bestwig (1,334 inhabitants)
• Velmede (3,461 inhabitants)
• Ramsbeck (2,047 inhabitants)
• Ostwig (1,655 inhabitants)
• Nuttlar (1,671 inhabitants)
• Heringhausen (903 inhabitants)
• Berlar
• Andreasberg
• Wasserfall

Twin towns

Bestwig has no official partnership with another town, but has close to ties to Niederorschel (Thuringia, Germany) and Niederwiesa (Saxony, Germany).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver Saint Andrew's Cross on blue ground. The Saint Andrew's Cross is a reference to the patron of the parish church in Velmede, Saint Andrew. The colors silver and blue show the allegiance to the former county of Arnsberg.

Notable persons

• Franz Hoffmeister († 1943), Roman Catholic priest

Notable places

• Abbey Bergkloster Bestwig^[2]

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 
2. ^ Bergkloster Bestwig

External links

• Official site (German)