page_title: Halle (Westfalen)
section_title: Public facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Halle (Westfalen) / Infrastructure / Public facilities
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Amtsgericht, Halle (Westfalen) This is a photograph of an architectural monument. It is on the list of cultural monuments of Halle (Westf.), no. 1
context_page_description: Halle, officially Halle or Halle Westfalen to distinguish it from the larger Halle, is a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, 15 km west of Bielefeld. It belongs to the district of Gütersloh in the region of Detmold.
context_section_description: The town offers a number of public services for its citizens. The public library holds approx. 30.000 books. It is located in a landmarked distillery building of the Kisker- Brennereien. This building also hosts the municipal archive.
  The Lindenbad is fun spa that combines indoor and outdoor swimming pools. It is operated by the Technische Werke Osning GmbH which is owned by the town.
  The local hospital with 163 beds available is run by the Klinikum Ravensberg gGmbH which also operates a hospital in Versmold.
  The County Court in Halle is also responsible for the former district of Halle, i.e. Borgholzhausen, Steinhagen, Versmold and Werther.
  The auxiliary fire brigade of Halle is responsible for fire protection and fire fighting and deployed out of Halle, Hörste and Kölkebeck.
caption: County Court with War Memorial
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