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Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia

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This article is about the town in Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia. For Blomberg in Lower Saxony, see Blomberg, Lower Saxony, see Blomberg (disambiguation).
Blomberg
Town
Niederntor, 15th century tower in Blomberg.
Niederntor, 15th century tower in Blomberg.
Coat of arms of Blomberg
Coat of arms
Location of Blomberg within Lippe district
North Rhine-WestphaliaLower SaxonyHöxter (district)Paderborn (district)Gütersloh (district)BielefeldMinden-LübbeckeHerford (district)DetmoldBarntrupBlombergDörentrupSchlangenLemgoLageAugustdorfBad SalzuflenExtertalLeopoldshöheHorn-Bad MeinbergLügdeSchieder-SchwalenbergOerlinghausenKalletal
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictLippe
Subdivisions19
Government
 • MayorKlaus Geise (SPD)
Area
 • Total
99.1 km2 (38.3 sq mi)
Elevation
185 m (607 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
15,417
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
32825
Dialling codes05235, 05236
Vehicle registrationLIP
Websitewww.blomberg-lippe.de

Blomberg is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 15,300 inhabitants (2013)

Born in Blomberg

  • Wilfried Paulsen (1828-1901) was born on Gut Nassengrund near Blomberg. He was a potato breeder and in the last decades of the 19th century he was the market leader for potatoes in Germany
  • Louis Paulsen (1833-1891), the younger brother of Wilfried, was one of the strongest German chess players of the 19th century
  • Hermann Vöchting (1847-1917) was a well-known botanist and longtime director of the Botanical Institute of University of Tübingen.
  • Gerhard Schröder, born 1944 in the blomberg village Mossenberg-Wöhren, is a German politician (SPD). He was the seventh Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1998 to 2005, and from 1990 to 1998 Minister President of Lower Saxony.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.


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