Kirchlengern Explained
Type: | Stadt |
Kirchlengern |
Image Coa: | Wappen der Gemeinde Kirchlengern.svg |
Coordinates: | 52.2°N 8.6331°W |
Image Plan: | Kirchlengern in HF.svg |
State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Region: | Detmold |
District: | Herford |
Elevation: | 53 |
Area: | 33.78 |
Postal Code: | 32278 |
Area Code: | 05223 (Bünde) |
Licence: | HF |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 7 58 020 |
Divisions: | 7 |
Website: | www.kirchlengern.de |
Mayor: | Rüdiger Meier[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
Party: | CDU |
Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford. The Brandbach flows into the Else in Kirchlengern.
Neighbouring places
Division of the municipality
The 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
- since 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
- 1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)
Notable people
- 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
Notes and References
- https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020