The beauty of the local centres of Westbevern-Dorf and -Vadrup is in the detail: Numerous individually and at the same time harmoniously designed timbered houses embellish the town centres.
The centre of Westbevern-Dorf is the parish church of Ss. Cornelius and Cyprian, which is visible from a long distance, the most ancient part of which is the Romanesque tower, which was built in the 13th century. A Romanesque jewel can be found in the south aisle of the church: the famous Gröninger Altar, which was created in the 17th century by the sculptor Gerhard Gröninger.
The village square is situated directly along the banks of the river Bever. The river can be crossed over by a pedestrian bridge, which leads to a wet biotope on the other side of the river. The jewel of the village square is the old storage house, which was moved here at the beginning of the 1990s from a farm in Westbevern-Vadrup. The former bake house was built in 1695 and is now used for parties and wedding ceremonies. A few kilometres away, the former aristocratic estate Haus Langen lies in a wooded landscape, surrounded by a circular wall.
“Westbevern – Beauty lies in the detail.“™
The origins of Westbevern presumably date back to before 1000 AD. The area round the Bever meadow offers a well signposted network of trails. In 2004, an EU project led to the foundation of the NABUNaturstation Münsterland. Heck cattle and Konik primeval
horses graze in selected areas of the Ems and Bever meadows. Expertly guided tours explain the living and appropriate
keeping of the animals.
