Welcome to Lüdinghausen!

Lüdinghausen is around 35 minutes by car south-west of Münster in the district of Coesfeld between Dülmen and Nordkirchen. The ExpressBus X90 takes you to Münster city centre in just under 40 minutes. You can reach Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) and the district town of Coesfeld in 40 minutes. To the south, the city borders the Ruhr region, and Dortmund is just 50 minutes away. Düsseldorf is just under an hour and a half away. You can take the train from Lüdinghausen directly to Dortmund, Gronau and Enschede.

Tip: The Münsterland is a cycling region! 4,500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and countryside: you can easily commute to work by bike and take great tours with friends and family.

Most of the approximately 25,000 inhabitants live in the town centre, while Seppenrade is home to around 6,900 people. The heart of Lüdinghausen is the charming old town centre with numerous small and large shops and many restaurants. To the north-west, an extensive park adjoins the town centre, where you can take a stroll between two historic moated castles.
The small district of Seppenrade is located to the west on the other side of the Dortmund-Ems Canal, around five minutes by car from the centre of Lüdinghausen.

Even though 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 rural Münsterland.

You can find out whether any urban residential properties are currently for sale on the city's website. You can also sign up to a list of interested parties there.

The old town of Lüdinghausen is a great place for shopping and strolling: In addition to a bookshop, a gift shop and various other specialist shops, you will also find individual boutiques and concept stores with a special selection. A number of cafés, ice cream parlours and restaurants invite you to take a break. There are also restaurants and some specialist shops in Seppenrade. You can get everything for your tour by bike or e-bike in various bike shops.

You can get groceries in supermarkets and bakeries in both districts, and there is also a markettwice a week in the centre of Lüdinghausen.

Around 20 kindergartens and day care centres in Lüdinghausen provide care for the youngest residents. Do you prefer childminding? Childminders can be arranged by the Coesfeld district youth welfare office.

The educational programme in Lüdinghausen covers all types of schools and qualifications:

• Three primary schools (one of which is in Seppenrade)
• One secondary school
• Two grammar schools
• One vocational college

More than 2000 businesses and companies are registered in Lüdinghausen. Some of the larger ones are based in the extensive commercial and industrial area on the banks of the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the west of the town centre. For example, a large bakery, metal construction companies, haulage firms and plastics manufacturers are located there. The largest and best-known companies include the Maggi factory Lüdinghausen of Nestlé Deutschland AG, the grain and cereal distillery eal Euro-Alkohol GmbH and Askari Sport GmbH, a mail-order company for fishing and hunting accessories.