Kirchlengern
Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Kirchlengern | |
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Location of Kirchlengern within Herford district  | |
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| Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 08°37′59″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Herford |
| Subdivisions | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rüdiger Meier (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.78 km2 (13.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,023 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 32278 |
| Dialling codes | 05223 (Bünde) |
| Vehicle registration | HF |
| Website | www.kirchlengern.de |
Geography
Lutheran Monastery Church of St. Mary's in Kirchlengern-Stift Quernheim
Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford.
Neighbouring places
Division of the municipality
The municipality is divided in 7 districts:
- Häver (1,900 inhabitants)
- Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants)
- Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants)
- Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants)
- Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants)
- Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants)
- Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)
Mayors
- since 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
- 1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)
Notable people
- 1821, Tönies Wellensiek, †1903
- 1833, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, †1900
- 1901, Rudolf Bäumer †25. September 1973
- 1911, August Wilhelm Torweihe †1994
- 1923, Werner Diestelhorst
- 1924, Hellmuth Buddenberg, †2003
- 1942, Gunter Gabriel
- 1953, Jürgen Klute
- 1953, Reinhard Göhner
- 1958, Elke Kruse
- 1963, Hermann Menninghaus
- 1983, Gerrit Hahn
- 1984, David Odonkor
- 1988, Chrissy Kütemann
- 1989, Oliver Schaffer
- 1989, Shane Saxton
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
External links
- Official website
(in German)
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