Nordkirchen

Nordkirchen
Coat of arms
Nordkirchen
Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district
Coordinates: 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E / 51.73806; 7.52556Coordinates: 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E / 51.73806; 7.52556
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Coesfeld
Government
• Mayor	Dietmar Bergmann
Area
• Total	52.432 km2 (20.244 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	9,781
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	59394
Dialling codes	0 25 96
Vehicle registration	COE
Website	www.nordkirchen.de

Nordkirchen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter.

The mayor is Dietmar Bergmann (SPD). He was elected in 2009 and reelected in 2014.