Beelen

Beelen
Beelen
Town
	Church in Beelen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Beelen within Warendorf district
	Location of Beelen
	Beelen Beelen
	Coordinates: 51°55′45″N 8°07′05″E / 51.92917°N 8.11806°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Warendorf
Government
• Mayor (2025–30)	Rolf Mestekemper (CDU / FDP)
Area
• Total	31.35 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Elevation	62 m (203 ft)
Population (2024-12-31)
• Total	6,002
• Density	191.5/km2 (495.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	48361
Dialling codes	02586
Vehicle registration	WAF
Website	www.beelen.de

Beelen (German pronunciation: [ˈbeːlən]; Low German: Bailen) is a municipality in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 30 km south-west of Bielefeld and 35 km east of Münster.

Politics

The current mayor is Rolf Mestekemper, who has been serving as mayor since 2020. In the 2025 local elections, he was reelected with 79,3 % of the vote, being the only candidate.^[2]

List of Mayors

1989–1991: Siegbert Elsing (FWG)
1991–1994: Josef Aulenkamp (CDU)
1994–1995: Elisabeth Kammann (FWG)
1995–1999: Heinrich Schwarzenberg (CDU)
1999–2004: Martin Braun (independent)
2004–2020: Elisabeth Kammann (FWG)
since 2020: Rolf Mestekemper

City council

After the 2025 local elections, the Beelen city council is composed as follows:


Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Free Voters' Society Beelen (FWG)	1,351	45.8	New	10	New
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	758	25.7	0.8	5	1
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	287	9.7	8.2	2	2
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	193	6.5	2.9	1	1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	189	6.4	7.3	1	2
	The Left (Linke)	172	5.8	New	1	New
Valid votes		2,950	97.9
Invalid votes		63	2.1
Total		3,013	100.0		20	2
Electorate/voter turnout		4,728	63.7
Source: State Returning Officer