CITY PORTRAIT with Heart WELCOME

CITY PORTRAIT with heart WELCOME

"Small, but beautiful" - that is how the well-travelled person likes to describe Halle in Westphalia after taking a closer look. "Our City", the locals say, not without pride.

Because here on the southern slope of the Teutoburg

Forest - one of only 63 UNESCO geoparks - one can live splendidly, be a guest and feel good. Come along on a discovery tour. 4-9 Seeing and experiencing

Good... for the heart and soul Good... for exciting days Good... for interesting encounters

10-11 Fit and Active

Good... for the health

12-13 Shopping

Good... to rummage

CONTENT

14-17 Going out and staying overnight

Good... to enjoy Good... to linger

18-21 Living, residing and working

Good... to live Good... for job and career

22-23 Directions

Good... to arrive

2|3 SEEING AND EXPERIENCING

Good... for heart and soul of Tatenhausen, the forest chapel in Stockkämpen and the Halle in Westphalia, vantage point of the the mid-size town with around "Kaffeemühle" above the city. 21,000 inhabitants in the north All of the highlights worth of the district Gütersloh, seeing in a gentle green provides life and leisure at the landscape, as it could not be same time. A ring of typical more typical of the Central Westphalian timbered houses - German Uplands. some from the Middle Ages - Everything is easily accessible forms the Haller Herz - and a by car and can be better great backdrop for city discovered through 200 festivals. A nationally kilometres of hiking and cycling important sports and events trails. stadium that inspires people with diverse events is not far away. The scenic frame around the city form the Teuto hill range and the expanse of the Münsterland countryside. Here you will find the moated castle Almost a tradition: the Sunday stroll in the Tatenhausen forest around the moated castle.

Shines in new splendor: The newly renovated St. John's Church in the heart of Halle in Westphalia.

Art in the heart of the city: the new sculpture park at Bahnhofstrasse.

4|5 Haller Willem Festival: The popular town festival attracts thousands of people of the region around Halle in Westphalia.

Haller Bach Days: cultural climax at the beginning of the year.

World famous: throughout the year major events take place at the Gerry Weber Stadion. Good ... for exciting days Calendar highlights of regional rank are the Haller Willem Much is going on in Halle in Festival (in May) and the St. Westphalia: The tennis elite of Nicholas' Day market (the first the world compete in the day of advent). Thousands of Gerry Weber Open (in June). guests come from neighbou - Many thousands of sports ring cities to meet friends in enthusiasts travel here from Halle in Westphalia in these afar for this top event. The events. And also in the urban Gerry Weber Stadium, capable districts, people know how to of accommodating more than celebrate. Only the Hörster 12,000 attendees, and the Bummel and many festivals in adjacent event centre are also Künsebeck are mentioned here. stages for world renowned artists and popular place for events of all kinds. Do you feel like going out Internationally known again? - A current overview of musicians have been arranging the events can be found in the the classical music festival of calendar of events of the city Haller Bach Festival (February) of Halle in Westphalia. for more than four decades.

6|7 Old leather factory: Arts- and cultural centre of particular kind.

"Everyone is an artist as a child. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up." Pablo Picasso

8|9 Good... for interesting encounters

Halle in Westphalia is home to the worldwide unique Museum of Childhood and Youth Works of Major Artists and home to many people, who promote and enjoy the art and culture in this city.

Whether rock concert at the stadium, a cabaret event at the Bürgerzentrum Remise or Treated as in a museum only in Halle an exhibition in the artist in Westphalia: the childhood- and youth works by major artists. colony of the old leather factory - the spectrum of cultural offers is unusually broad. Countless groups and clubs, schools and adult education centres, which fill a number of public buildings with life, make sure that the schedule calendar rarely shows a white sheet. Space for exhibitions, festivals and events: the Haller Remise. FIT AND ACTIVE

Good... for the health ball players train and play in all the districts. Athletes have much fun in There are also the Gerry Halle in Westphalia: Joggers Weber sports park and and horse riders can go into several fitness centres. Teuto or in the Tatenhausen In the new Lindenbad water forest, golfers meet at the lovers will get their costs. 27-hole course (5 stars) in Fitness and health go hand in Eggeberg, tennis players have hand in nationwide known the choice of numerous competence centre Saluto of cinder and grass courts as Dr. Elmar Wienecke. Seven well as several indoor courts, other physiotherapists and 20 m o c . a i l o t

Fun and experience for o F

kids: Many playgrounds. i d e r i M

medical and naturopathy practices provide round-the- clock care in health matters of guests and locals.

Fit for everyday life: specialised gyms for the formidable.

La Stone: The power of the hot stones brings back energy. 10 | 11

SHOPPING

Good... to rummage

Halle in Westphalia is a gem in the regional shopping landscape. Unusual specialist shops - both large and small - attract customers from far away. Quality and selection of products will elate you, as well as the simplicity of the Fantastic range: people, who offer them. Tea and coffee specialities. Whether tea and coffee from around the world, individually designed jewellery, elegant evening wardrobe or a loving selection of books - shopping

12 | 13 Great choice: Many retail stores in old timbered houses give Halle a special charm.

in Halle in Westphalia is "Haller Baum", an original simply a pleasure. Because Westphalian juniper liquor you will feel, with how much from the Kisker distillery. love the retailers have selected and compiled their goods.

Last but not the least, you can buy many thing in shops Numerous awards: Designer jewellery from in Halle, which is also the heart of Halle. produced locally, nimm 2, Campino, Werther's Original, RIESEN, Toffifee and Super Dickmann's, to name only a few brands of Storck, fruit juices from Barteldrees or the GOING OUT & STAYING OVE R

Good... to enjoy

Halle in Westphalia cannot Foodies should not miss the compete with the bustle of a chance to eat out at one of metropolis. It does not even the farmhouse cafés on want to. Everything is a little weekends. Home-made cakes quieter here. and pies offer pure seduction. The choice of restaurants, pubs and bars is small but nice. Good Appetite! For remains Gourmets in Halle no wish unfulfilled. Those looking for the sophisticated restaurant or the civic Westphalian hospitality, will find both along with evening companionability at the bar of a cozy ale house. Time to relax: Halle offers something for every taste. NIGHT

Cheers! The beer gardens of Halle are popular Really cozy: Get pampering in cute meeting places. westphalien restaurants.

14 | 15 Welcome: In Halle in Westphalia, there are many oases in the hectic everyday life.

"You must always have something to look forward to." Eduard Mörike

16 | 17 Good... to linger The citizen of Halle are proud that they can welcome more Halle in Westphalia offers guests to the city every year. more opportunities to find a lodging for the night than All hotels are signposted via a most comparable large cities. city internal signpost The range extends from 4- network. A current register of star hotel to the small bed the hosts can be found online and breakfast to RV parking at www.HalleWestfalen.de. spaces. This is due to the increasing number of tourists who stay for a weekend and even longer. Also due to the large number of visitors of domestic companies, who use the city as a stopover or have something to do for several weeks in Halle in Westphalia.

As home: The Haller accommodations provide their guests a feeling of home. LIVING, RESIDING & WORKING

Good... to live

Halle in Westphalia is a good the city centre; if you like the place to live: Up to 125 country or prefer solitude, young families make their you would feel more new home in this city every comfortable in the districts of year. Far more come from all Ascheloh, Bokel, Eggeberg, over the country, because Hesseln, Hörste, Kölkebeck or they have found new jobs Künsebeck. The railway line of here. Haller Willem, a dense bus network and a call-a-ride Halle in Westphalia is a good ensure fast connections. choice for the new citizens, because the city offers Around a dozen day care versatile opportunities. If you centres, 45 playgrounds, a like urban lives, move into broad range of schools and Halle is growing: Near downtown continuously arising new construction areas.

leisure facilities for the youth and senior citizens are near and can be reached through a dense network of walkways and bicycle tracks. An active local community in countless groups and associations helps new citizens to quickly find their way around in Halle in Westphalia. Competent and friendly: the Haller citizen counselling.

Good connections: the infrastructure of Halle.

18 | 19 © Max Topchii - Fotolia.com Good... for job and career The growth of the domestic economy is above average. Halle in Westphalia has also The highly qualified much to offer from employees are responsible for commercial perspective this. And often also the Around 1,000 companies - founding families, whose from start-ups to several heart is attached to the internationally successful region and who appreciate corporations - together offer the quality and effectiveness more than 10,000 jobs. More of working in Germany. than 70 percent of workers come every day from the neighbouring cities and counties to earn their money in Halle in Westphalia.

In this city, there are food-, fashion- and pharmaceutical industries as well as plastic or metal processing companies.

Many products produced in Halle in Westphalia are known around the world. For example, the confectionery variety of Storck. 20 | 21 Good for the health: Drugs, manufactured by Baxter.

Alluring from Halle in Westphalia: Women's fashion by Gerry Weber. DIRECTIONS

Good... to arrive at four stations in the city. The nearest national airports Halle in Westphalia is located are Paderborn/Lippstadt (3-L on the southern slope of the code: PAD) and central Teutoburg forest Münster/Osnabrück (FMO), the between the two regional cities nearest international airports of Osnabrück and Bielefeld. are Hanover (HAJ) and Düsseldorf (DUS). The regional On the two major motorways ones are about an hour away A1 (Frankfurt-Hamburg) and A2 with motor car. (Ruhrgebiet-Berlin), the city is linked via the A33 and B68. Hikers take a break in Halle in Westphalia halfway along the You can also come to Halle in 156 km long Hermannsweg, Westphalia by train: The one of the most famous ultra-modern regional train German ridgeways. It connects Haller Willem - it connects Rheine in Münsterland Bielefeld and Osnabrück - stops to Mount Velmerstot in

22 | 23 Haller Willem: The regional train offers optimum transport links.

Lipperland. Cyclists make station Herz are 52.03.66 northern in Halle in Westphalia when they latitude and 08.21.70 eastern use the popular 150-kilometre longitude. See you soon! cycle track, the Teuto-Senne route. It connects the cities of Paderborn and Osnabrück. Speaking of break: Public toilets can be found in the bike station at the rail - way station as well as in the town hall courtyard. Little help for finding again: The GPS data of the Haller There is a wide range of brochures to inform you about Halle in Westphalia. All are available at the City Hall or online at www.hallewestfalen.de.

Publisher: City of Halle (Westphalia) Die Bürgermeisterin Ravensberger Straße 1 33790 Halle (Westphalia) Telephone 05201-183-0 Fax 05201-183-105 [email protected]

Cover photo: The St. John's Church in the heart of Halle in Westphalia.

All information as of July 2016