Bestwig

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Bestwig
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerland
Municipal subdivisions	8
Mayor	Ralf Péus (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	69.36 km² (26.8 sq mi)
Elevation	280-750 m
Population	11,685 (30/06/2006)
- Density	168 /km² (436 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HSK
Postal code	59909
Area codes	02904, 02905
Website	www.bestwig.de Coordinates: 51°22′0″N 08°24′0″E / 51.36667, 8.4

Bestwig is a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 Geography
2 Coat of arms
3 External links

[edit] Geography

Bestwig is situated on the river Ruhr, approx. 10 km east of Meschede.

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

[edit] Subdivisions

Bestwig (1,334 inhabitants)
Velmede (3,461 inhabitants)
Ramsbeck (2,047 inhabitants)
Ostwig (1,655 inhabitants)
Nuttlar (1,671 inhabitants)
Heringhausen (903 inhabitants)
Berlar
Andreasberg
Wasserfall

[edit] Twin towns

Bestwig has no official partnership with another town, but has close to ties to Niederorschel (Thuringia, Germany) and Niederwiesa (Saxony, Germany).

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver Saint Andrew's Cross on blue ground. The Saint Andrew's Cross is a reference to the patron of the parish church in Velmede, Saint Andrew. The colors silver and blue show the allegiance to the former county of Arnsberg.