title: Emsdetten
text: # Emsdetten
  
  Emsdetten (German pronunciation: (listen); Westphalian: Detten) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems, approx. 13 kilometres (8 miles) south-east of Rheine and 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Münster.
  
  ### Neighbouring places
  
  * Rheine
  * Hörstel
  * Saerbeck
  * Greven
  * Nordwalde
  * Steinfurt
  * Neuenkirchen
  
  ### Division of the town
  
  Emsdetten consists of 8 districts:
  
  * Emsdetten
  * Ahlintel
  * Austum
  * Hembergen
  * Hollingen
  * Isendorf
  * Sinningen
  * Westum
  
  ## 2006 school shooting
  
  On 20 November 2006, 18-year-old former student Bastian Bosse entered the Geschwister Scholl School, fired several shots and set off smoke grenades. He injured 22 people before killing himself by a shot into the mouth. Even though there were no other fatalities, the shooting was considered the deadliest school shooting in the history of Germany since the Erfurt massacre; this position is now held by the Winnenden school shooting.
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Emsdetten is twinned with:
  
  * Chojnice, Poland
  * Hengelo, Netherlands
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Walt Tkaczuk (born 1947), ice hockey player, first German born player in the National Hockey League
  * Kathrin Vogler (born 1963), politician, MdB
  * Atze Schröder (born 1965), comedian
  * Norbert Krüler (born 1957), musician
  * Valerie Niehaus (born 1974), actress
  * Christina Schulze-Föcking (born 1976), politician, MdL NRW
  * Tim Wieskötter (born 1979), sprint canoeist, Olympic winner
  * Lutz Altepost (born 1981), sprint canoeist, Olympic medalist and world champion
  * Benjamin Behrla (born 1985), judoka
  * Sebastian Sebastian Bosse (29 April 1988 – 20 November 2006) Perpetrator of the Emsdetten Emsdetten school shooting
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Villa Schaub
  * August Holländer Museum
  * The Town Museum
  * The concert hall (Emslandhalle)
  * The art gallery
  * A museum dedicated to tools
  * Emsdetten's Urban Park
  