Digitalisation, artificial intelligence, university cooperation: Entrepreneurs and companies from Beckum have explored forward-looking topics in the Lab on tour truck.
During a joint inspection of a club by the city of Beckum and a tax authority, 2 illegal gaming devices, so-called "fungames", and a 4-digit sum of money were found.
There is currently a discussion on Facebook pages in Beckum about people who allegedly address dog owners about the so-called yellow ribbon and sometimes issue warnings.
With "Impuls", another shop in Beckum's city centre has been re-let as part of the "Sustainable inner cities and town centres" funding programme in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The town centre management of the town of Beckum is delighted: with the support of the "Sustainable inner cities and town centres" funding programme in North Rhine-Westphalia, a great new use has been found for a genuine traditional shop.
Wolfgang Somfleth is a regular visitor to the Neubeckum outdoor pool and has already been there 80 times this season. A nice surprise awaited him during his visit on Friday morning.
After 2 years of construction, the new building ensemble has been completed. This was duly celebrated on Saturday with many participants, invited guests and all interested parties with speeches, guided tours and a great programme.
"10+1 trees for victims of right-wing violence" - under this motto, the Integration Council of the city of Beckum planted 11 fruit trees in the orchard meadow near the Westenfeuermarkt, labelled with steles of the donors.
The last old paper driving licences (grey or pink) must be exchanged by 19 January 2025. Those born from 1971 onwards are now required to exchange their licences in order to comply with EU regulations.
What is my pedagogical attitude and what do I want to pass on to my child? In his lecture on Wednesday, 18 September at 19:30 in the Stadttheater, qualified teacher and therapist Dirk Achterwinter offers a mixture of parenting advice and an open exchange for parents and professionals.
The indoor pool season starts on 14 September. To enable bathers to purchase their tickets directly in the pool at the start of the season, the ticket office will be staffed from 7 a.m. on the opening day and from 6.15 a.m. on Monday 16 September and Tuesday 17 September.
After the fire brigade has moved into the new building complex on Wickingstraße in Neubeckum, the official inauguration of the new fire station with adjoining rescue station will be celebrated on 14 September from 11 am.
The Glocke cartoonist Heinrich Schwarze-Blanke follows local events with his very own eye and humorously exaggerated drawings. A selection of his caricatures can now be seen at the VHS.
The new semester of the Beckum-Wadersloh Adult Education Centre starts on 9 September. The VHS is thus venturing away from a detailed programme booklet to a programme brochure, which has been distributed to all households in Beckum and Wadersloh.
The Münster district government has approved the funding of 250,000 euros for the village square in Vellern and the design of the commissioned landscape architecture firm. This clears the way for the transformation into a multifunctional square.
The Neubeckum artist Ulrike Amsbeck will be exhibiting in the meeting room of the Freizeithaus Neubeckum from 3 September to 13 October, marking the start of a new series that once again expands the spectrum of the district centre.
Once again this year, the Verein zur Förderung von Familien in Krisensituationen Beckum e. V. (Association for the Support of Families in Crisis Situations Beckum), together with the Department of Youth and Social Affairs of the City of Beckum, is offering 3 informative and entertaining lectures on parenting issues.
The book published by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Beckum and the town of Beckum to mark the 800th anniversary of the town's birth is now ready and is available for 800 cents per copy for readers interested in history and local history.
A wooden play ship has replaced the previous platform in the ropes course at Roncalli School. The pupils immediately hijacked it and are delighted to have a cool new piece of play equipment in their school playground.
The "Drobs-Mobil", a service offered by the Arbeitskreis Jugend- und Drogenberatung im Kreis Warendorf e. V. (Working Group for Youth and Drug Counselling in the District of Warendorf) based in Ahlen, will be making stops in Beckum and Neubeckum every Tuesday from now on.
35 Beckum residents enjoyed an informative and enjoyable bus trip to Wroclaw and the harvest festival in the twin town of Grodków, organised by the Association for the Promotion of Town Twinning in Beckum.
The new 2024/25 season of the chamber concert series "Musik im alten Pfarrhaus" in Vellern, which is dedicated to the late Herbert Pälmke, offers 7 top-class chamber concerts. Advance ticket sales have started.
Neubeckum's popular street festival under the sign of the sunflower offers a rich stage programme and great highlights at Freizeithaus Neubeckum on 7 September from 11 am.
Participants in the excursion organised by the Interreligious Dialogue Working Group experienced how close the religions are during guided tours of 3 houses of worship.
The digitisation of all business files at the city of Beckum has been completed. This means that the entire process relating to business registration, deregistration and re-registration can now be carried out digitally. Processing times are shorter and paper is saved.
With a total of 465 years of service, 15 employees have worked for the city of Beckum for 25 or 40 years. In a joint ceremony, 10 employees were also given a well-deserved retirement.
The district administrator's second summer bike tour took Dr Olaf Gericke and representatives of the district administration to Beckum on the hottest day of the year so far.
If you soon see more people in Beckum turning in circles with their mobile phones in their hands or cautiously taking a few steps forward only to stand still, it could be because of the new city tour app.
GlasfaserPlus GmbH, a subsidiary of Telekom Deutschland GmbH, will start the roll-out of fibre optic technology in Neubeckum next Monday. It will start on Heinrich-Zille-Straße.
Harvest time is just around the corner - and the "Action Alliance for Biodiversity in the District of Warendorf" cordially invites everyone to utilise the ripe fruit of the fruit trees in our cultivated landscape.
To mark the Imperial Days, Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich visited the twin town of Heringsdorf together with members of the town council and the Association for the Promotion of Town Twinning.
Would you like to work in the Citizens' Office, the wastewater company, the fire and rescue service or the general social services? The town of Beckum is recruiting new specialists. Apply now!
Once again, the town centre management of the town of Beckum has been able to find a new use for a genuine traditional shop. This was made possible by the support of the "Sustainable inner cities and town centres" funding programme of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Two administrative assistants, a trainee inspector, an emergency paramedic and an emergency paramedic as well as a trainee for the practice-integrated training as an educator spent their first day at the city administration on 1 August.
Neubeckum's popular street festival under the sign of the sunflower will take place on the first Saturday in September after the Pütt days. On 7 September, the programme starts at 11 a.m. on the stage with many great local and national acts and continues until 10 p.m.
The City of Beckum's Environment and Greenery Department is planning to publish the 2025 Environmental Calendar, in which interested parties and photography enthusiasts can once again contribute their favourite photos of and from Beckum, Neubeckum, Roland and Vellern.
As part of the remodelling of the Hellbachtal, the playground there is also to be redesigned. The specialist service for children, youth and family support is therefore inviting children and their parents to an exchange of ideas at the playground on Tuesday, 16 July at 4.30 pm.
The eagerly awaited first day of school on 22 August is fast approaching. The specialist school and sports service provides details on school enrolment.
In the last week before the holidays, pupils from Astrid Lindgren School swapped the classroom for Beckum Town Hall. They enjoyed a special kind of lesson in 3 groups at the mayor's office, the citizens' office and the registry office.
Last Saturday, Beckum's Oststraße was transformed into a long table. The event was organised by the property and location association "Wir von der Oststraße" e. V.. A grant from the 800th anniversary celebrations made it possible.
Primary school children presented their ideas and wishes to Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich. They had taken part in the climate concert on the town hall forecourt.
During this year's city cycling event from 25 May to 14 June, 973 participants in 62 teams cycled a total of 161,207 kilometres, thus avoiding 26,760 kilograms of CO2.
At the last council meeting before the summer break, City Treasurer Thomas Wulf presented the provisional annual financial statements for 2023. This was just one of many topics discussed.
4 days of exchange, culture, sightseeing and lifestyle: the Beckum travel group returned from this year's tour to the French twin city with many wonderful impressions.
