Schlangen
Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has c. 9,000 inhabitants (2013) and exists in relative prosperity. The municipality lies only few kilometers from Detmold far away, at the edge of the sandy Sea and stretches to the south slope of the Teutoburger forest out to up to the heights of the mountain course.
Schlangen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district  | |
  Schlangen  Schlangen | |
| Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Lippe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ulrich Knorr (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,259 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 33189 |
| Dialling codes | 05252 |
| Vehicle registration | LIP |
| Website | www.schlangen-online.de |
Politics
The town councilor from queues consists of 26 advice women and councilmen.
| Parties and voter communities | % 2014 |
seats 2014 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 36,68 | 10 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 43,80 | 11 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | 7,14 | 2 |
| GRÜNE | Alliance '90/The Greens | 12,38 | 3 |
| Total | 100,0 | 26 | |
| Poll in % | 63,1 | ||
(conditions: Local election 2014)
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[2]
Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links
- Official website (in German)
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 Coat of Arms of Lippe district | ||
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