Kirchlengern

Kirchlengern
Kirchlengern
Location of the town of Kirchlengern within Herford district
Coordinates	52°12′0″N 8°37′59″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Herford
Town subdivisions	7
Mayor	Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	33.78 km2 (13.04 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m  (174 ft)
Population	16,100 (31 December 2010)
- Density	477 /km2 (1,234 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HF
Postal code	32278
Area codes	05223 (Bünde)
Website	www.kirchlengern.de

Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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

• Hüllhorst
• Löhne
• Hiddenhausen
• Bünde

Division of the municipality

The municipality is divided in 7 districts:

1. Häver (1,900 inhabitants)
2. Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants)
3. Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants)
4. Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants)
5. Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants)
6. Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants)
7. Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)

Notable Persons

• 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
• 1984, David Odonkor
• 1988, Chrissy Kütemann
• 1989, Oliver Schaffer
• 1989, Shane Saxton
• 1991, Tim Bollmann
• 1991, Samuel Haskins
• 1991, Michael Souster
• 1983, Gerrit Hahn

External links

• Official site (German)