Velen is a municipality in the district
Borken,
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany with about 12,000
citizens. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and
Ramsdorf[?] and the four rural regions
Ostendorf-Krueckling[?],
Holthausen-Barnsfeld[?],
Nordvelen[?] and
Waldvelen[?]. In
2003 the city received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president.