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".

City history: With coffee and bread against the revolutionaries

Historical lecture on the 1848/49 revolution // Wednesday, 2 February, from 6.30 pm in the media centre // Bocholt city history discussion group invites you to attend

On Wednesday, 5 February, the city of Bocholt invites you to the Bocholt city history discussion group at the media centre (Hindenburgstraße 5) in Bocholt. The guest is the Bocholt-born historian Dr Henning Bovenkerk. His lecture "The revolution 1848/49. With coffee and bread against the revolutionaries" will focus on the role of individuals in the 1848/49 revolution. The event starts at 6.30 pm and admission is...

City history: The new pulpit in the parish church of St George

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

In its monthly themed series, the Bocholt City Archive is this time remembering the new pulpit built in St George's Church in the post-war years.

City history: The new Christmas lights from 1968

Historical photo of the month December

City history: The wildfowl and fur shop Norbert Lorch

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

In its monthly themed series, the Bocholt city archive is this time remembering the shop of former Jewish citizen Norbert Lorch. The motif dates from 1932 and shows the shop in question at the address "Ostmauer 3".

Remembrance Day: Commemoration of the crimes of 9 November 1938

Silent remembrance of victims // Memorial speech at former synagogue

Bocholt citizens are invited to a silent commemoration at the memorial site of the former synagogue in front of the "Haus des Handwerks" (Europaplatz 17) on Saturday, 9 November at 7.30 pm. Mayor Thomas Kerkhoff will give the commemorative speech.