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Muensterland

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Muensterland lies in the north-west of NRW. It encompasses the four districts Borken, Coesfeld, Steinfurt, and Warendorf, as well as the city of Muenster which with its approx. 275,500 inhabitants forms the center of the region. A total of approx. 1.5 people live in Muensterland. With an area of around 5,940 square kilometers the average population density is 267 inhabitants/square kilometer.

Muensterland is a modern industrial region with a stable small and medium-sized company structure. The manufacturing industry in the sectors mechanical engineering, chemicals, textiles, food, and environmental technology is complemented by a strong service sector with an employment share of 66.6 percent. In total, 481,087 employees work at more than 91,000 companies in Muensterland.

New focal areas of the regional economy are information, bio and nano technology. Companies benefit increasingly from Muenster as a scientific location. The technology transfer between research and business is therefore consistently promoted by the Technology Initiative Muenster.

The scientific central point of the region is the University of Muenster, the fifth-largest in Germany. Together with the universities of applied sciences, the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, the Leibnitz Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research and the Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), technology-oriented companies are assured interesting partners.

Muensterland offers companies an attractive infrastructure. Besides the German-Dutch Internet exchange point in Muenster, the region is also extremely well developed in real terms via the A1 and A2 freeways, various IC and ICE rail links, the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Mittelandkanal, and Muenster/Osnabrueck Airport.

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