Telgte is a town in the Warendorf district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the river Ems about 12 kilometers east of Muenster and 15 kilometers west of Warendorf. It is known chiefly as a place of pilgrimage: the Marian pilgrimage from Osnabrueck to Telgte draws about 150,000 pilgrims a year and is the second largest pilgrimage in Germany. Guenter Grass set his novel The Meeting at Telgte in the town during the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia. Covering 90.84 square kilometers, Telgte had a population of 20,128 as of December 31, 2025.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.981944 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Telgte (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 20,128 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.981944, longitude 7.785556
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 54 m
P2046 (area)
area 90.6 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 20128 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Telgte - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2823590
51.97995 7.78293 P PPL DE 07 055 05570 05570044 19389 55 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 55 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 7.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 7.75
51.75 7.75 Cfb
Telgte (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
German: Teegte) is a town in the Warendorf district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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