title: Holzwickede
text: # Holzwickede
  
  Holzwickede (German pronunciation:) is a municipality in the district of Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  
  It is twinned with Weymouth, Louviers and Colditz.
  
  ## Mayors
  
  * 1969–1975: Josef Wortmann
  * 1975–1989: Heinrich Schürhoff
  * 1989–1999: Margret Mader
  * 1999–2015: Jenz Rother
  * since 2015: Ulrike Drossel
  
  ## People from Holzwickede
  
  * Julius Bergmann (1839-1904), philosopher
  * Hermann Mandel (1882-1946), theologian
  * Hermann Strathmann (1882-1966), theologian and politician
  * Nils Mönkemeyer (born 1978), violist and academic teacher
  