Welcome to Haltern am See!

The town of Haltern am See is located on the south-western edge of Münsterland, on the border with the Ruhr region and in the centre of the Hohe Mark Nature Park. You have excellent connections in all directions: Münster can be reached by car in around 35 minutes and Dortmund is a 45-minute drive away. Düsseldorf and the Dutch city of Enschede are around an hour's drive away. The Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) is 40 minutes away.
From the train stations in Haltern am See and in the Sythen district, you can take regional trains to Münster and Essen.

Tip: The Münsterland is a cycling region! 4500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and in the countryside: you can easily commute to work by bike and go on great tours with friends and family.

About half of the total population of around 40,000 lives in the core town. Haltern am See also includes seven other districts. The largest of these is Sythen in the north-east with a good 6,300 inhabitants, followed by Lippramsdorf, which is around ten minutes' drive south-west of the town centre. Its 3,500 inhabitants live in the centre village and several rural settlements. Around 2,300 people live in the eastern Hullern, and around 2,000 each in the southern Hamm-Bossendorf and south-eastern Flaesheim. In the north-west is Lavesum with a good 1700 inhabitants. The smallest district, Holtwick, with just under 1,000 inhabitants, is located around five minutes by car to the west of the city centre.

Although rental and purchase prices are following the general property trend overall, there are still numerous niches to be discovered in Münsterland when it comes to building, buying or renting. Here you can find the average purchase and rental prices for a house or flat in the rural area of Münsterland.

If you would like to rent a flat in Haltern am See, you can take a look at the current rental index on the municipal website.

The old town of Haltern am See is the perfect place for shopping: in the pedestrian zone you will find large fashion, sports and shoe shops next to individual concept shops, wine shops, gift shops, a bookshop, a bridal fashion shop and specialist bicycle shops.
You can do your grocery shopping and everyday shopping in the city centre, in Sythen and in Lippramsdorf in various supermarkets, and twice a week you can also shop at the market in Haltern am See.

Haltern am See has around 22 kindergartens and daycare centres for the little ones. The facilities are spread across the entire city area, so that care is offered close to home everywhere. You can register your child online via the daycare centre portal.

Haltern am See offers a wide range of educational opportunities and enables children and young people to obtain all school qualifications:

• Nine primary schools
• One secondary school
• One secondary school
• One grammar school
• One vocational college

Haltern am See is also called the "green lung of the Ruhr region" because of its location between extensive forests and the large lakes - the countryside around the town centre and the districts is reserved for nature and leisure and recreational activities. To the north-east and south-west of the city centre are therefore comparatively small industrial estates where, in addition to large specialist stores, some small to medium-sized industrial and logistics companies have settled. The city centre has developed primarily into a shopping and service location.