Lengerich | |
Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DE Lengerich (Westfalen) COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 52.175°N 7.8667°W |
Image Plan: | Lengerich in ST.svg |
State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Region: | Münster |
District: | Steinfurt |
Elevation: | 80 |
Area: | 90.71 |
Postal Code: | 49525 |
Area Code: | 05481 05482 (Wechte) |
Licence: | ST, TE, BF |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 5 66 040 |
Divisions: | 12 |
Website: | www.lengerich.de |
Mayor: | Wilhelm Möhrke[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
Party: | independent |
Lengerich (pronounced as /de/) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 15 km south-west of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.
Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly connections to Münster and Osnabrück. The A1 autobahn also runs through Lengerich and the Lengerich/Tecklenburg exit is located to the west of the city.
The mayor is the pharmacist Wilhelm Möhrke (independent), the predecessor was Friedrich Prigge.
See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany.
Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:
Lengerich's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lienen, are sister cities in the United States with Wapakoneta's neighbors New Knoxville and Saint Marys, respectively.