Kirchlengern
Appearance
Kirchlengern | |
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![]() Town hall | |
Location of Kirchlengern within Herford district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 08°37′59″E / 52.20000°N 8.63306°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 (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 16,517 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/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 |
Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Stift_Quernheim_Stiftskirche_Suedseite_IMGP2405_wp.jpg/220px-Stift_Quernheim_Stiftskirche_Suedseite_IMGP2405_wp.jpg)
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 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
- 1983, Gerrit Hahn
- 1984, David Odonkor
- 1988, Chrissy Kütemann
- 1989, Oliver Schaffer
- 1989, Shane Saxton
References
External links
- Official website
(in German)