Emsdetten

Emsdetten (Westphalian: Detten) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography
Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems, approx. 13 km south-east of Rheine and 25 km north-west of Münster.

Neighbouring places

 * Rheine
 * Hörstel
 * Saerbeck
 * Greven
 * Nordwalde
 * Steinfurt
 * Neuenkirchen

Division of the town
Emsdetten consists of 8 districts:


 * Emsdetten
 * Ahlintel
 * Austum
 * Hembergen
 * Hollingen
 * Isendorf
 * Sinningen
 * Westum

2006 school shooting
On 20 November 2006, 18-year-old former student Bastian Bosse entered the Geschwister Scholl School, fired several shots and set off smoke grenades. He injured 22 people before killing himself by a shot into the mouth. Even though there were no other fatalities, the shooting was considered the deadliest school shooting in the history of Germany since the Erfurt massacre; this position is now held by the Winnenden school shooting.

Twin towns – sister cities
Emsdetten is twinned with:
 * 🇵🇱 Chojnice, Poland
 * Hengelo, Netherlands

Notable people

 * Walt Tkaczuk (born 1947), ice hockey player, first German born player in the National Hockey League
 * Kathrin Vogler (born 1963), politician, MdB
 * Atze Schröder (born 1965), comedian
 * Norbert Krüler (born 1957), musician
 * Valerie Niehaus (born 1974), actress
 * Christina Schulze-Föcking (born 1976), politician, MdL NRW
 * Tim Wieskötter (born 1979), sprint canoeist, Olympic winner
 * Lutz Altepost (born 1981), sprint canoeist, Olympic medalist and world champion
 * Benjamin Behrla (born 1985), judoka
 * Sebastian Sebastian Bosse (29 April 1988 – 20 November 2006) Perpetrator of the Emsdetten Emsdetten school shooting