Hamm and Warendorf: 2025 will be a year full of celebrations!

On January 1, 2025, a comprehensive event program for the city of Hamm was published. There are numerous elections and anniversaries, and a variety of fixed and artistic events are planned that will shape 2025.

The most important elections include the Bundestag election on February 23, in which Michael Thews (SPD) will defend his mandate against Arnd Hilwig (CDU), as well as the local election on September 14th, at which Mayor Marc Herter (SPD) will be again, while Jochen Dornseifer (CDU) acts as a challenger

anniversaries and festivals in Hamm

in 2025 Hamm also celebrates 50 years of the large city status with seven festivals in the districts, including:

• 10. May: Uentrop
• 16. until May 18: Bockum-Hövel
• 14. June: Pelkum
• 15. June: Herringen
• 4. until July 6th: Heessen
• 30. August: Middle and Rhynern

Other central anniversaries are the 100th anniversary of the death of Gustav Lübcke on August 29, the 150th anniversary of the Beisenkamp-Gymnasium on October 1st, and 175 years of Westfälische Eisenbahn Hamm-Kassel on October 4. In addition, the 250-year history of St. Peter and Paul is celebrated on October 25th and 50 years of St. Bonifatius in Werries on November 8th.

A large number of festivals are also planned, including the cultural night on May 16 and the Maxilauf event on May 18. In addition, a Playmobil exhibition in Maxipark from March 22nd to November 2 will be shown, while the autumn lights will take place from October 10th to November.

additional planning in Warendorf

beyond developments in Hamm, the city of Warendorf reports that it will celebrate its 825th anniversary in 2025. The plans for the anniversary are already being announced, as was announced by Regina Höppner, head of Department II. The working title of the anniversary program is: "From the beginning to the present day", with the aim of linking the past, present and future in various areas such as visual arts, museum and theater.

Although another city festival is not planned, there are considerations to integrate the anniversary into horse night. The planned projects include an “Artist in Residence” program, an open air play on the appreciation of the end of the war and an exhibition “Warendorfer Views”, which will be shown in the historic town hall from mid-September to mid-September 2025.

A total of 10,000 euros are scheduled for the anniversary planning in the household events and urban advertising. Sustainability has a high priority in the projects to create an appealing program for different target groups, while the monetary effort is to be kept low.