Urban history discussion group: Migration in Münsterland since 1945

Lecture by Dr Christoph Lorke sheds light on immigration to Münsterland since 1945 and invites discussion

On Wednesday, 1 October 2025, the city of Bocholt invites you to the next city history discussion group at 6.30 pm in the media centre (Alter Bahnhof), Hindenburgstraße 5. This time, the focus will be on a lecture by historian Dr Christoph Lorke on the topic of "Migration in Münsterland since 1945: A workshop report".

Pupils from the Euregio-Gymnasium take care of the Jewish cemetery

Cemetery maintenance in memory of Jewish families in Bocholt // Year 10 project

The Jewish men and women from Bocholt, Rhede and Dingden who are buried in the Jewish cemetery have now been commemorated with a day of remembrance and action. Around 80 Year 10 pupils from the Euregio-Gymnasium school learnt about the history of this place of remembrance and then looked after the cemetery.

City history: The Kolping memorial at the Haus des Handwerks

Photo of the month September

In 1914, the Catholic Journeymen's Association of Bocholt had a monument erected on the north side of St. George's Church in honour of the journeyman father Adolf Kolping. The annual honouring of the fallen took place there before the monument was desecrated by Austrian legionnaires from the Bocholt relief camp in April 1935.

Town history: The school and fire engine house on Gasthausplatz

Photo of the month August of the city archive Bocholt

The photo of the month for August shows the former "School and Spritzenhaus" on Bocholt's Gasthausplatz. The photo was taken around 1920 in Bocholt's Langenbergstraße.

City history: The municipal indoor swimming pool on Meckenemstraße

The opening of the indoor swimming pool - later called the "Meckenembad" - fulfilled a long-standing wish of the Bocholt population. Even before the First World War, the city fathers had been planning a local indoor swimming pool, but the project soon came to nothing. What had been presented in the press as an April Fool's joke on 1 April 1953 was finally put into action by the decision of the main committee on...

"80 years of the end of the war and a new beginning" - Exhibition is extended

Exhibition about the post-war period in Bocholt continues until Sunday, 8 June 2025 // Free admission

Due to the great interest, the exhibition "80 years end of war and new beginning" will be extended. It can be visited free of charge at LernWerk until 8 June. In addition, two guided tours are offered, registration is not required.

City history: Bocholt under the sign of Corpus Christi Day

Historical photo of the month June

In May or June each year, Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi. In earlier times, this feast day was not yet a public holiday, but shops in this country often remained closed - at least in the morning.

City history discussion group: Presentation of the project "Zeitzeugen 2.0"

Event to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war // Discussion evening at LernWerk

On Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 6.30 pm, the city of Bocholt invites you to the Bocholt City History Discussion Group in the Lernwerk at Industriestraße 1 in Bocholt. On this evening, the exhibition "80 years end of war and new beginning in Bocholt" will be opened and the project "Bocholter Zeitzeugen 2.0" will be presented.

Special exhibition "And they were our neighbours..." now as a virtual 3D tour

The exhibition has been digitised thanks to 360-degree technology // Virtual tour remains permanently available

The exhibition "And they were our neighbours... - Deportation of Jewish men, women and children to Riga 1941/1942" can now be experienced free of charge even after the end of the exhibition period. It will remain permanently available as a virtual 3D tour on the city museum's website.

City history: The car depot in Bocholt and its tasks

Historic photo of the month April 2025 // Autohof on Münsterstraße

On 1 April 1960, the Straßenverkehrs-Genossenschaft Westfalen-Lippe eGmbH (SVG) set up the so-called "Autohof Bocholt" on a site on Münsterstraße. The historical photo of the month of April shows the facility in 1962.