Büren, Westphalia

Büren
Büren
	Aerial view from the south of Büren
	Coat of arms
	Location of Büren in the district of Paderborn
	Büren Büren
	Coordinates: 51°33′N 8°34′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Paderborn
Subdivisions	12
Government
• Mayor	Burkhard Schwuchow (CDU)
Area
• Total	170.97 km2 (66.01 sq mi)
Highest elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Lowest elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	21,515
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33142
Dialling codes	2951; 2955 (Wewelsburg); 2958 (Harth)
Vehicle registration	BÜR
Website	www.bueren.de

Büren is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Büren is situated on the rivers Alme and Afte (the rivers meet each other), approx. 20 km south-west of Paderborn and approx. 30 km south-east of Lippstadt.

Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Büren consists of the following districts:

Büren
Ahden
Barkhausen
Brenken
Eickhoff

Harth
Hegensdorf
Keddinghausen
Ringelstein
Siddinghausen

Steinhausen
Weiberg
Weine
Wewelsburg

Transportation

Train connections to the outside world are laid off.

International relations

Büren, Westphalia is twinned with:

Kortemark (Belgium) –- since 1981
Charenton-le-Pont (France) -- since 1989
Mittersill (Austria) -- since 1995
Ignalina (Lithuania) -– since 2003

Culture and notable places

The village of Wewelsburg is the home of the Wewelsburg Renaissance castle, which was a focus of SS mythology during the Nazism era. The castle now hosts the museum of the district of Paderborn with the permanent exhibition "Wewelsburg 1933–1945. Place of cult and terror of the SS".

Sons and daughters of the city

Memorial plate Moritz von Büren in Büren

Michael Henke (born 1957), soccer player and coach
Daniel Farke (born 1976), Manager of Norwich City F.C. in association football
Moritz von Büren (1604-1661), Reichskammergericht President and Jesuit, founder of the Jesuit Kolleg
The holy Meinolf (around 795-857), founder of the convent Böddeken
Adelaide II of Büren, abbess of Gernrode (r.1207-1220)

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links

Official site (in German)

Overview of Büren, Westphalia

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.