Road surface being repaired: Lowicker Straße closed for three days

Measure from 7 to 9 April 2025 // Footpaths remain free

Lowicker Straße will be closed to traffic in the Kampstraße area for three days. The reason for this is work on the carriageway surface.

Quiet, WLAN, learning aids: City library supports final exams with "Long study nights"

Open until 10 p.m. on 10 and 24 April and 8 and 15 May // Ideal learning location for pupils and test candidates

Bocholt City Library invites pupils and all learners preparing for an exam to long study nights. On Thursdays on 10 April, 24 April, 8 May and 15 May, the city library will be open extra late until 10 pm and will offer quiet and inspiring places to study, learning aids for all exam subjects and free Wi-Fi.

Sewer work: Hemdener Weg closed for two days

3 and 4 April 2025 // Work on manhole covers // Detour signposted

Work will be carried out on the manhole covers on Hemdener Weg on Thursday and Friday (3 and 4 April 2025). A section of Hemdener Weg will be closed for this.

Cellissimo: 30 cellists present their skills

Music school concert in the Apostelkirche

On Sunday, 6 April 2025, the Bocholt-Isselburg Music School will be holding a final concert with young and old cellists. The concert starts at 6 pm in the Apostelkirche, Biemenhorster Weg 15 in Bocholt. Registration is not required. Admission is free.

Walk in Freedom: Hike on the occasion of the liberation of Dinxperlo

All-day programme // Funded by the Interreg Germany-Nederland programme

On 29 March, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Dinxperlo by the Allies, the Walk in Freedom organisation team offered walks of various distances along the former route of the "liberators". The day ended with a procession of all the walking groups through Dinxperlo and Suderwick, accompanied by music.

Paving work on the ring road: Ostwall temporarily in one lane on Tuesday

Repair work on the city ring road // Work planned for 1 April 2025

On Tuesday, 1 April 2025, the Bocholt city centre ring road in the Ostwall (Augustastrasse) area will be single-lane for one day. This is due to necessary repair work on the pavement in the area of the crossings.

ID cards and passports: digital passport photos from May

More security and convenience when submitting applications

From 1 May 2025, applying for ID cards, passports and residence permits will also be even easier and more secure in Bocholt. In future, passport photos for official documents will only be accepted digitally. This will ensure uniform quality standards, prevent manipulation and speed up the application process.

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.

Wuxi celebrates International Month with delegations from the twin cities

40 years of relations between Wuxi and Bocholt honoured // Bocholt delegation received by Foreign Office

The delegation from Bocholt has returned home with many ideas and numerous impressions after taking part in the official celebrations for International Month in the Chinese city of Wuxi. The trip was used to hold bilateral talks on various topics.

FW Bocholt: Fire in the basement of an apartment block

Bocholt (ots) - On 28 March 2020, the Bocholt fire brigade was called to a reported cellar fire in an apartment building on Dortmunder Straße at 09:40. When the first firefighters arrived, all the residents had already left the building unharmed. The first firefighters immediately entered the affected cellar wearing heavy breathing apparatus with a jet pipe and a thermal imaging camera. At the same time,...