Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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 (2020–25) | Rüdiger Meier[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 33.78 km2 (13.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• 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 |
Geography
editKirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford. The Brandbach flows into the Else in Kirchlengern.
Neighbouring places
editDivision of the municipality
editThe 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
edit- since 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
- 1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)
Notable people
edit- 1833–1900, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, politician
- 1924–2003, Hellmuth Buddenberg, manager
- 1942–2017, Gunter Gabriel, singer
- 1953, Jürgen Klute, politician
- 1953, Reinhard Göhner, politician
- 1958, Elke Kruse, artist
- 1984, David Odonkor, footballer
References
edit- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "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
edit- Official website (in German)