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.

City history: The Casino e. V. Bocholt society around 1925

Bocholt city archive presents "Historical photo of the month"

As part of the series "The historical photo of the month", the Bocholt city archive is this time reporting on the history of the Casino e.V. society.

"And they were our neighbours" - Review of a successful exhibition

2,350 people visit exhibition at LernWerk-Appendix

Over the past six weeks, 2,350 people have visited the first major exhibition in the appendix of the new LernWerk in Bocholt. The exhibition focused on the deportation of 26 Jewish citizens from Bocholt to Riga on 10 December 1941 - an event that marked a turning point.

City history: The carnival society "Land of Smiles"

Bocholt city archive presents the historical "photo of the month"

In its monthly themed series, the Bocholt city archive is this time remembering the carnival tradition in Bocholt, especially the former carnival society "Land des Lächelns".