Lügde

Lügde
Lügde
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lügde within Lippe district
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Government
• Mayor	Heinrich Josef Reker (none)
Area
• Total	88.61 km2 (34.21 sq mi)
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,298
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	32668–32676
Dialling codes	05281, 05283
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.luegde.de

Lügde [ˈlʏçtʰə] ^ⓘ is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 11,000 inhabitants.

The first written issue of Lügde appears in 784, in the annals of the Frankish Empire, when Charlemagne visited the village during the Saxon Wars. During this wars Charlemagne celebrated his first Christmas in Saxony in Lügde, and the site then became the location of the first church to be built in Saxony. The gothic church was rebuilt in the 12th century and it is still standing today. The church is known as the Kirche St. Kilian.

References

^ "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.

External links

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[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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