Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9.000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy Sea [clarification needed] to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope.

Schlangen
Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
Coat of arms of Schlangen
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district
North Rhine-WestphaliaLower SaxonyHöxter (district)Paderborn (district)Gütersloh (district)BielefeldMinden-LübbeckeHerford (district)DetmoldBarntrupBlombergDörentrupSchlangenLemgoLageAugustdorfBad SalzuflenExtertalLeopoldshöheHorn-Bad MeinbergLügdeSchieder-SchwalenbergOerlinghausenKalletal
Schlangen is located in Germany
Schlangen
Schlangen
Schlangen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schlangen
Schlangen
Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°E / 51.81667; 8.83306
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictLippe
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Marcus Püster[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,391
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
33189
Dialling codes05252
Vehicle registrationLIP
Websitewww.schlangen-online.de

Politics

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The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:

Parties and voter communities %
2014
seats
2014
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 36,68 10
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 43,80 11
FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 7,14 2
GRÜNE Alliance '90/The Greens 12,38 3
Total 100,0 26
Poll in % 63,1

(conditions: Local election 2014)

Sister cities

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The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
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