Kirchlengern

Kirchlengern
Town hall

Coat of arms
Kirchlengern
Location of Kirchlengern within Herford district
Lippe (district)Lower SaxonyGütersloh (district)Minden-LübbeckeMinden-LübbeckeBielefeldNorth Rhine-WestphaliaEngerLöhneBündeKirchlengernHerfordSpengeHiddenhausenRödinghausenVlothoKirchlengern in HF.svg
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Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 08°37′59″E / 52.20000°N 8.63306°E / 52.20000; 8.63306Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 08°37′59″E / 52.20000°N 8.63306°E / 52.20000; 8.63306
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Herford
Government
 • Mayor Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
Area
 • Total 33.78 km2 (13.04 sq mi)
Elevation 53 m (174 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
 • Total 16,061
 • Density 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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

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

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)

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

  1. ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.


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