Shorthand of Greven

Location
about 15 km north of Münster, and about 40 km south of Osnabrück

Inhabitants
about 35000

Urban area

• surface area: 140.15 squarekilometres (km²)
• length of city limit: 65.4 km
• greatest compass of urban area: 15.8 km (east-west), 13.3 km (north-south)

Absolute altitude
33 to 62 metres

Waters

• Streams
  Ems, Aa, Brokerswelle, Ekelbach, Eltingmühlenbach, Flothbach, Gellenbach (Fleier), Gellenbecke, Glane, Gröverbach, Hellbach, Lütke Beeke, Menningbäumerbach, Merschbach, Mühlenbach, Strothbach, Walgenbach
• Canals:
  Dortmund-Ems-Kanal
  former Max-Clemens-Kanal
• Lakes:
  Franz-Felix-See in Hüttrup (about 10.6 ha)
  Gertrudensee in Bockholt (about 2.3 ha)
  Westeroder See in Westerode (about 13.9)

Disposition of the cityscape
The city of Greven divides itself into Greven-Stadtmitte (city), the suburbs Reckenfeld and Gimbte as well as the farming communities Aldrup, Bockholt, Fuestrup, Guntrup, Hanseller Floth, Hembergen, Herbern, Hüttrup, Maestrup, Pentrup, Schmedehausen, Wentrup and Westerode.

Reckenfeld is located 9 km north of Greven. It is Greven’s latest district with a population of 8200 inhabitants.

Gimbte with a population of 900 inhabitants can be found 4 km south of the town.

In immediate neighbourhood, the nature-sanctuary Bockholter Berge and the European reservation for water birds – the Rieselfelder – can be found.

Climate
Mild winters and comparatively cool summers characterise the climate of the Münsterland which is affected by the Atlantic.

The cold air from the East is often obstructed by the Weserbergland and the Teutoburger Wald. With about 1600 hours of sunshine per year this area belongs to the sunniest ones in northern Germany with the exception of the coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.