| Schlangen | |
| Image Coa: | Wappen von Schlangen.svg |
| Coordinates: | 51.8167°N 8.8331°W |
| Image Plan: | Schlangen in LIP.svg |
| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Region: | Detmold |
| District: | Lippe |
| Elevation: | 169 |
| Area: | 75.97 |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 7 66 064 |
| Postal Code: | 33189 |
| Area Code: | 05252 |
| Licence: | LIP |
| Website: | www.schlangen-online.de |
| Mayor: | Marcus Püster[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
| Party: | CDU |
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 to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope.
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)
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[2]
Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999